The Journal of Sailboat Technology (ISSN 1548-6559) is an online peer reviewed publication of the SNAME SC-2 Sailing Craft Panel. The objective of the Journal is to encourage the exchange of research, for the benefit of the various communities within the sailboat technology professions. The copyright policy for this publication is as follows:

1. Authors must assign copyright to SNAME by submitting the Copyright Transfer Agreement.

2. It is assumed that, when an author submits an article to the Journal of Sailboat Technology, he or she is the legal copyright holder and no other claim to the copyright exists.

A. Submission

Authors should submit to the Editor:

1. A letter (Ascii, Microsoft™ Word or PDF file) including:

• Author’s name. In the case of multiple authors please indicate the author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
• Affiliation
• Telephone/fax numbers
• Email address
• Title of the Article
  

2. The draft of the Article in Microsoft Word™ and formated in accordance with the Journal's template.

3. Articles must include a Title and a short (less than 250 words) Abstract. Only Articles that have been carefully proofread will be accepted for review. Articles that are clearly unacceptable will be returned to the Author without being reviewed.

4. There is no limitation in the maximum number of pages.

5. Articles must be written in English.

6. Articles must be original, must not have been published previously or be pending publication in another journal, and cannot be under review by any other forum.

B. Review

1. Articles will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers.

2. Articles will be reviewed in approximately 4 weeks.

3. Reviews are double blind.

4. Reviewers will make recommendations to accept, accept with revisions, or reject an Article. An Article will be revised only once.

5. Upon receiving a revised Article, the Editor may ask the reviewers to re-review the revised Article.

C. Submission for Publication

1. The Author of an Article accepted for publication will receive by email an Article Acceptance Notice and instructions for final submital.

2. Authors are responsible for producing their final Articles for publication.

3. Authors must submit their Articles in Microsoft Word™ and formated in accordance with the template.

4. Submit a keyword list.

If you are interested in submitting an article for the Journal of Sailboat Technology, please submit letter and draft to the Editor.