...bow. There's again an irony that the appeal of wave-piercing bows was largely said to be the reduction in nosediving, and in small cats they...
That's what Sales, Hype and Marketing is for...to make you feel you have something new, unique and different. Who said anything about...facts! :oops:
...are great when it was just a couple of years ago that the hype was all about wave-piercing bows which are right at the opposite end of the...
...by trends were running around promoting needle-nosed wave-piercing bows, and now they are screaming about scows. Both of them work well in...
...around at the current time) was to go the other way, to wave piercing bows. When there are two almost opposite trends running around at almost...
...in the hull shape. The latest idea is to have very slim wave piercing bows that don't "lift" until about a 25% of the boat is in the wave so in...
It's pretty clear what he means by dangerous, he said it clearly, "the boat will sail of the face of the wave". It's the same as any other boat...
...moment which helps the cat point well upwind. The wave piercing bows and wide underwater transom section helps the hull ride smoothly though...
It’s never quite straightforward is it? Great post. The smaller spiral does reduce things, but the flap, for example has less %. I’ll have to...
The performance of the DSS-assisted version is really amazing (at least my VPP says so). Without DSS it is not bad, but not as great. I once...
Yep, completely agree that scows aren't new; my own first boat was a scow Moth. Yes, arguably scows are normally better only when length is...
I dont think the wave piercing bow is a good comparison. Scows are nothing new, they have been developed many times: garveys, ausrialian scows,...
...that a year or two ago, people were going ape about wave-piercing bows as if they were something inherently better than a "normal" bow. Now...
This is a question we used to deal with frequently at USCG HQ Office of Boating Safety. First off it is really hard to patent a boat design....
Jeremy Fischer of Martinique, who built the 40 foot proa EQUILIBRE some 10 years back also built a second proa which is UNNAMED PROA (referred to...
"Fictitious" There is nothing connected to the sprit, so it isn't a sprit. Better term would be "pulpit". The hull is an artist interpretation...
I was asking what would happen IF I operated above the displacement hull speed. Design speed for efficiency was always at 7mph but was wondering...
...that the OP calls a vertical bow stem "wave piercing". Wave piercing bows are sophisticated designs that can't simply be attached to a boxy...
...Salient Yachts modified the Scape 51 moulds added wave piercing bows and modernized cabins, bridge deck and roof. The internal areas of the...
...are now smaller, sleeker and aerodynamic. The amas are wider, but with a more rounded bottom and wave piercing bows. I hope you like this...
