The MSAB BEACON magazine.
New Handy Guide: What a Marine Surveyor Needs to
Know about Yacht Rigs IIMS has released another handy guide in its growing and popular collection of nearly thirty in the series.
The author, Nicholas (Nick) Parkyn, has an extensive background in both the marine and information technology disciplines. An IIMS member, based in Queensland, Australia, Nick’s work in the marine industry includes marine surveying, yacht and small craft design and marine software development.
Rigs and masts were initially constructed from wood and only evolved slowly; however modern materials and advances in sail aerodynamic theory and analysis have driven significant advancement in rigs, masts, and sails over the last 50 years.
As Nick says, “Choosing a rig or a yacht with a particular rig is a case of horses for courses. There was no single book that covered both the traditional and the recent advancements. In
this guide I address both the traditional, the modern and the stepwise evolution to the current state of the art installations.”
The author had the privilege of attending Weymouth Speed Week in 1977 and observed a stage in the history of development of many of the new innovative rigs presented in this handy guide.
Nick has studied computer science, marine surveying (DipMarSur-YSC) and yacht design. As an inventor he holds a number of patents and has presented papers at numerous marine conferences and written technical articles too and has a keen interest in AI (artificial intelligence).
The 136 page handy guide is priced at £30 (paperback format) or £27 (eReader pdf format) and is available to order from the IIMS website at
https://bit.ly/3tisIDq.
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