Richard Pemberton PhD, MRINA, CEng is Lecturer in Mechanical and Marine Engineering Design at the University of Plymouth. He previously worked (i) with the GBR Challenge America’s Cup yacht racing team as a design analyst, (ii) as a designer or technical consultant to sailors and yacht racing teams in many of the major competitions including the America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Vendee Globe race, the Olympics and the World Speed Sailing Record, and (iii) as a consultant Naval Architect both in a self-employed capacity and at the University of Southampton Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology and Industrial Aerodynamics. Richard, and John edited the Woodhead book Marine Composites: Design and Performance [4].