Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; Part I: Boat Hull Hydrodynamics; Introduction and Background; Chapter 1: Conceptual Monohull Planing in Calm Water; Planing Boat Hydrostatics; Hydrostatic Solution; Chapter 2: Slender-Body Hydrodynamics; Planing Solution in Calm Water; Analysis; Normal Force Coefficient (Per Unit Length); Lift and Drag; Numerical Example; More General Non-Similar Slender Planing Hulls; Numerical Analysis; Normal Force Coefficient (Per Unit Length); Shallow Water Planing; Chapter 3: Time Domain Analysis; Chapter 4: Calm Water Mechanics; Porpoising.

Gravity Effects in Boat Steady PerformanceThe Components of Planing Craft Drag; Induced Drag; Wave Drag; Spray Drag; Use of Trim Tabs; Chapter 5: Planing in Sea Waves; Wave Spectrum and Inversion; Seaway Motion; Regular Wave Impact; Part II: Boat Propulsion Hydrodynamics; Introduction and Background; Design of Ventilated Propellers; Chapter 6: Data Requirements for Design; Vent Cavity Creation; Vent Cavity Maintenance; Specification of Design Geometry; Chapter 7: Engineering Design; SPP Design Example; Cavitation (Ventilation) Characteristics; Chapter 8: Blade Strength.

Stress and Deflection PredictionChapter 9: Open-Water Curves; Hull-Propeller Matching; Consequences of Hull-Propeller Mismatch; Propulsion Efficiency Enhancing Devices; Conclusion; Appendix; Principal Input Information Required; Keel; Chine; Side-Hull Pitch (Deadrise Angle); References; Index.