The Propeller Handbook: The Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing, and Understanding Boat Propellers

Used hardcover book is like new!

This was obviously intended to be a textbook for a class in Naval Architecture. It fit my needs well in research into designing an auxiliary motor mount. Wish there was a more current version available though.

If you read the author description it says "He has worked on vessels ranging from . . . a 60-mph jet-drive runabout. . " which led me to believe the book covered some material about jet drive.... nope, nothing. As far as props go, it is a good book for that.

This book is not user friendly, it's really for professionals. It's difficult to read, but if you have a bit of background knowledge, it will help you from interested reader into a professional. For calculating new props on a new boats, this guide will give you all the answers you ever needed and then some more. It's amazing to see how many props are not setup right, once you understand the dynamics.

Dave's book is what I think has more information than any average boat owner would ever need but the information is great for the guy who truly wants the most from his boat's propulsion system and desires to learn everything he can. From it's pages, I can now figure within reason which prop best fits my boat, engine and driving styles. Thank you.Maxey

Excellent book, highly useful. I really learned a lot and was super useful for me to deal with Propeller dealers, many of them only have a very basic knowledge and will just sell you any prop.

I needed to re-prop and there is nobody in the country with the information I needed for my 15 meter full displacement boat. I learned enough from this book and some study of the contents to do a very satisfactory calculation for a new prop. Is it perfect ? I do not know, but it is certainly better then what I had ! Very informative as well.

The good thing for learners about the ship

American book. I opened it, skimmed through it and put it back in its packaging. Not overawed by it not by a long chalk but you may like it. Quite frankly there are now some excellent calculators on the web. The "type in four parameters and it calculates the fifth" are not much good, nor are ones that won't run on Windows 7 sixty four bit. There are however one or two that calculate the boat speed first (from its weight and dimensions) and then calculate for the propeller.

Not light reading but very thorough.If you really need to understand propellors you are unlikely to find a better source of information.

Now you talk about details. I'm no good myself at mathematics, but I ended-up making projections with those formulas, and it works. Very well explained. I'm sorry there is some typo some places in the formulas, but you can discriminate those errors by counter verify with the ample examples given.

A great cookbook. It would benefit from some further explanation of the many constants used in the Formulas. Derivations would also be welcome.Nevertheless, a very useful addition to a technician's library.

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