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Professor Joubert's yacht design measurements and calculations book
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Professor Joubert's yacht design measurements and calculations book

Designer (1924 - 2015)
Date1968-2015
Object numberANMS1546[070]
NameBook
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 328 × 202 × 15 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Gift from Ms Camilla Van Megan
DescriptionBook containing Professor Peter Joubert's yacht design measurements and calculations. Features design notes for Joubert's vessel classes Platypus, Matilda, Bandicoot, Wombat, Numbat, Brolga, Currawong, Cape Barren Goose, Black Swan, Lorikeet, Pelican, Koala, Warrigal, Barramundi, Magpie, Motor Sailor, Emu, Kookaburra, Big Bandicoot and Lyrebird.HistoryThis particular notebook shows calculations and measurements for a range of his vessels, including the Brolga 33 cruising yacht design. One prominent example of this design is BERIMILLA II, famous for its double circumnavigations in 2004 and 2008. Professor Peter Joubert was a highly respected engineer and lecturer and was a consultant for a number of private and government engineering projects. He had a sailing background and was a close friend of naval architect Alan Payne. Professor Joubert's involvement in yacht design fulfilled a desire to be involved in this aspect of engineering without making it a full time occupation. He produced a small number of production designs that reflected his objectives of creating a strong, seaworthy yacht for racing and cruising. He also worked on the design of fast catamarans for racing and setting speed records, this is a specialised and niche area of yacht design, but an area where Australia has demonstrated extraordinary success in the past through other designers and builders who were contempories of Professor Joubert. SignificanceThe plans and documents of Professor Peter Joubert represent vessel design processes of the 1970s and 1980s before computer-aided design began to be introduced and used more widely. The material details how a production or custom design for a yacht was prepared by hand, and further includes some of the documentaion involved to support the design work.