Hi, and welcome to this course on Yacht Design.
This is the first course in a two-course series in which we will guide you through the main steps involved in the yacht design process.
We are Pablo Merino and Javier Calderón. We are both naval architects with experience teaching courses related to stability, ship dynamics, and yacht design at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
This course is structured into several modules covering the main stages of the design spiral for both sailing and motor yachts.
In this first part of the series, we focus on the early phases of design: defining the project requirements, understanding the key performance drivers on a yacht, and translating them into a coherent design.
By the end of the course, you will have developed your own yacht concept. More importantly, you will understand how design decisions affect performance, feasibility, and the overall behavior of a yacht.
We are very pleased to be your instructors in this course, and we hope that you find it interesting and useful in your journey to become a proficient yacht designer.
If you would like to deepen your understanding of yacht design, this course has been specially prepared for you.
We are looking forward to seeing you aboard.