CONTENTS: 1. INDIGENOUS CRAFT IN INDIA, 2. INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DRAWING: DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, LETTERING AND DIMENSIONS, 3. LETTERING, 4. GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION, 5. PROJECTION, 6. PROJECTION OF POINTS, 7. PROJECTION OF PLANES AND SOLIDS, 8. LINES OF PLAN OF BOAT, 9. DRAWING OF SHEER PLAN, HALF BREADTH PLAN AND BODY PLAN, 10. DRAWING OF BUTTOCK LINES AND BILGE DIAGONAL LINES, 11. DRAWING OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS: CATAMARAN, 12. DRAWING CONVENTIONS AND TERMINOLOGIES IN THE FISHING VESSEL CONSTRUCTION, 13. DRAWING OF BACK BONE ASSEMBLY, 14. U AND V BOTTOM HULL OF A WOODEN BOAT, 15. TOOLS AND MACHINES USED IN BOAT CONSTRUCTION, 16. DECK LAYOUT OF VARIOUS FISHING CRAFTS, 17. SIMPLE PROBLEMS ON BASIC HYDRODYNAMICS, DENSITY, DRAFT, RESERVE BUOYANCY, LIST, TRIM ETC., 18. CALCULATION ON FINDING AREA AND VOLUME OF VARIOUS PARTS OF FISHING VESSEL USING SIMPSON‘S RULE, 19. SOLVING PROBLEMS ON FINDING CENTER OF BUOYANCY, FLOTATION AND GRAVITY, 20. PROBLEMS ON FINAL KG AND ITS MOMENT ABOUT KEEL, MOMENT OF STATISTICAL STABILITY, FREE SURFACE EFFECT (FSE), 21. TYPES OF MARINE ENGINES AND THEIR INSTALLATION, 22. OUTBOARD AND IN BOARD ENGINE, 23. ESTIMATION OF ENGINE POWER FOR FISHING, 24. STUDY ON MARINE PROPELLER, 25. STUDY ON STERN GEAR ASSEMBLY, 26. STUDY ON MARINE FOULERS AND BORERS, 27. VISIT TO A HARBOUR AND BOAT BUILDING YARD.