Hi! Well, a good portion of bustle may be helpful, but compare the draft of Stars&Stripes at 2.96m to 2.64m of Kookaburra. This must mean that...
Hi! The steering of boats with bustles can be different from other boats. Who doesn't remember the reports from Fremantle. Stars&Stripes usuallay...
Well, PAR and Paul B. seems to be entering the canting-keel zone in their debate. Phum, the low cost of the 2.4mr enable you to test various...
2.4mr Phum and Kotzebue! True, in the context of the rule. The 2.4mr designs can be studied at www.24mr.se Regards, Booster
Bouzaid jr. in Sweden Hi! Chris Bouzaid, as previously mentioned, winner of the one-ton cup with the Carter designed pivot-keel Wai-in-taka was...
Phum! http://www.sparkmanstephens.com/yachtdesign/sailyachts/twelvemeter_designs.php "During this period, Olin experimented with how the...
Gary B! Thanks for the Wave-rider analysis. So they stepped a new mast. Yes, those holes are irritating, especially on the long offshore race....
Phum! I Googled as well, with little results. A photo of a much debated bustle you can find under "The Britton Chance portfolio" on this site....
Regarding Wave-rider. At the World's in Australia (won by the Farr design Gunboat Rangiriri) the year before Poole Wave-rider had balance...
Hi! Sparkman&Stephen's Couragous had bustle both for and aft. The aft bustle was tested on earlier boats as well. The for bustle was increased to...
Hi! I agree with Paul B. My first instinct said it was too unesthetic to be a Davidson. Then I read the site in Ramona's post. The boat at that...
Hi! It shall be noted that the article above probably was written after the NZ's mentioned left for other countries campains in th America's Cup....
Thanks CT249! You have been lurking in the weeds for some time now. I was Googling about that mystery boat, but come up with this instead:...
Phum&Ramona! Yes, it starts to look like a Davidson. As Gary B. pointed out Davidson is estethic. I don't know if that skeg qualifies. I remember...
Andriau? Phum! The halftonner Cifralene (2:nd at the World's in Norway -83?) by Andriau had such an elliptical keel. The Andriau designs usually...
Berret? Phum! The keel looks like that of the halftonner C (Cofica), by some french designer Berret or Fauroux. The bow looks older in design as...
kiss 2:nd order Kutta Hi! KissKut seems speedy. The Reynold numbers will be high. Weber will be pleased with high numbers. Strouhal may be...
I agree with Doran Oster. Yes, zooming in on Halsey's foiler one can see the freely moving airborne water droplets, a phenomenon typical of high...
Hi! The olympic champion Complex II under restoration. Designed by Arvid Laurin. Sailed by Britton Chance Sr, the man who started to twist the...
Hi! Kotzebue and shapii2. Seems that the formula by sharpil2 needs a = to be a real formula. Perhaps something on the left side of the = helps it...
