Long regarded as a standard in its field, this book describes the principles of fairing, development, and layout by first introducing the fundamentals of these operations and then explaining how they are used to achieve a definite result. The fundamentals of fairing and development are used identically for both large ships and small boats.Written in 1941 by the late Sam Rabl, this book has been reprinted as a result of numerous requests from persons in the boat and shipbuilding businesses.