the perfect long range cruiser

[tom28571]

Originally Posted by mark775

It's also hard to comprehend the local fascination with the "Carolina Flare" thing...

Not hard at all. For the most part, its just style. In moderation, I find it very attractive. When carried to the limit, as some are, I find it a little silly. That is only taste, which cannot be rationalized. Much about any boat that an individual likes is just style. In my opinion, a long line up of Carolina Offshore Fishermen in their slips is about as beautiful as powerboats get. http://www.hatterasharbor.com/images/header.gif

Some wear their pants down around their knees. Some think they are well dressed in a T-shirt and a carefully clipped three day old beard and tousled hair

[apex1]

Originally Posted by mark775

It's also hard to comprehend the local fascination with the "Carolina Flare" thing...

No idea what that could be, but sounds "fashionable", so it will not become part of my thoughts.
No nonsense vessel, you know Mark.

[C-mack]

Originally Posted by mark775

It's also hard to comprehend the local fascination with the "Carolina Flare" thing...

When you have to ride out a hurricane at night you hope and pray your hull will get you through. I have had that ride and know what it is like to take a sea over a 6' high bow every other wave.
Charlie
P.s. I'm not from that" local " area. When you have lived on the sea and have been on as many hull types as I; you come to like a couple

[apex1]

For a long range cruiser I would call that counterproductive, if the picture posted by Tom L. shows that sort of bow.
Too much flare means insufficient buoyancy. Not what I need in severe weather.
I had a boat with a pronounced bow like these vessels shown. It was nice in moderate seas, but a pig in heavy weather.

Regards
Richard

[tom28571]

Apex, For your kind inspection, here is an example of Carolina flare.
http://www2.worldpub.net/images/3_4.jpg
http://www2.worldpub.net/images/3_2.jpg
I suppose there are none of these in Hamburg.

There are some more extreme than this. These boats go out daily into the Gulf stream in some of the roughest water anywhere. I used to be concerned about that deck being torn off hitting large waves. Notice how high and sharp the bow is in the photos. The owners have the builder put some aft rocker on the hull to get the bow up like that so the boat will ride over waves rather than punch into them. The combination of hull form works well in both following and head seas.

Almost all of these boats are one off and built of wood. The dominant construction is laminated plywood with some built of strip planking. All are heavily sheathed in glass and epoxy. They are rugged, powerful, fast, "relatively" smooth riding and high quality.

[apex1]

Thank you Tom.

You are right, we do´nt have this sort of boat in North Europe. But we have a idea how seagoing vessels could be made though.

And my comment was not meant to argue or deny that these boats are capable machines.

Below is a picture how I do them. Not as much flare, and cold moulded mahogany.

[tom28571]

Originally Posted by apex1

Thank you Tom.
Below is a picture how I do them. Not as much flare, and cold moulded mahogany.

I do like yours better than the extreme flare. I also like that the tumblehome ends aft of the sheer break. Yours look more like the earlier Carolina boats and the Rybovich which originated the style.

[dobsong]

How about a production cat 45' that cruises at 15 Knots getting 3 nm per US gallon and with a range of 3000 miles....

Sounds too good to be true.....

Anyone know of better cruising performers?