Dr Richard Pemberton CEng MRINA is Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Design at Plymouth University. After completing his Ph.D. on System Identification in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in 2003, Richard joined GBR Challenge America’s Cup yacht racing team as a design analyst. Since then he was worked as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in many of the major competitions within the sport, such as: The America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race,Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record. Before joining Plymouth University, Richard worked as a consultant Naval Architect both in a self-employed capacity and at the University of Southampton’s Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology and Industrial Aerodynamics. E A Stokoe was formerly Principal Lecturer in Naval Architecture at South Shields Marine and Technical College