Worse design

[powerabout]

racing a J24 and for that matter 99% of yachts were never designed to have crew on deck to sail them.

Most production yachts are about as egonomic as a WWII Spitfire where you had to change hands on the stick to get the wheels up.

PS boats not designed for people over 6'

PPS Saildrives made of aluminium...like DOH never seen the trouble with mooring a sterndrive?

Double DOH..Volvo have a composite stern drive but not a sail drive??

[Easy Rider]

The "worst" design is obviously the one that dosn't sell .. after all wer'e talkin yachts here guys. Now if you start to include designs that sell wer'e into the bad design category and ther's plenty of them also. Yachts sell basically on the elements of desire not function and form may follow function and it may not. And beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder .. money is. Beauty can be learned and frequently is a result of function but always a design must be judged by the definition of design and to that I offer this "an organized solution to a problem".

Easy Rider

[Loveofsea]

I think one of the most definitive example of an inherently bad design would ba a boat that suddenly dives below the surface on calm water, throwing a passenger off the bow

[gonzo]

Boats that chine walk while planing.

Originally Posted by Loveofsea

I think one of the most definitive example of an inherently bad design would ba a boat that suddenly dives below the surface on calm water, throwing a passenger off the bow

Good luck, boats do´nt do that. So, we must not discuss your nonsense here again!!!

[nukisen]

Maybe we should try design a boat doing that and start a new watersport.
"Rodeo boating"
There is always a meaning of everything!

[powerabout]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Boats that chine walk while planing.

they do that on purpose
If you dont know how to overcome it dont go any faster
safety feature

[frank smith]

Originally Posted by Loveofsea View Post
I think one of the most definitive example of an inherently bad design would ba a boat that suddenly dives below the surface on calm water, throwing a passenger off the bow

Originally Posted by apex1

Good luck, boats do´nt do that. So, we must not discuss your nonsense here again!!!

You are wrong again Richard . Very Euro dont you think?

Frank

Originally Posted by frank smith

You are wrong again Richard . Very Euro dont you think?

Frank

Go off my back..................

[frank smith]

Originally Posted by apex1

Go off my back..................

Frank

[hoytedow]

Guffawing.

[dreamer]

Any boat that does not have a good place to store rum is a bad boat.

[TeddyDiver]

I'm actually considering a winecellar instead of watertanks

[Loveofsea]

How ironic that apex would tell someone to get off his back

Shakespeare couldn't adaquately discribe the hypocracy of that wannabe

Here is some outrageous boating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PpUDTZfWY0

(turn down the sound )

Originally Posted by Loveofsea

How ironic that apex would tell someone to get off his back

Shakespeare couldn't adaquately discribe the hypocracy of that wannabe

Yeah,

for irony one needs brain! Not your league mate.

The wannabe