I love it, but ... (you knew this would happen, didn't you?) Would you not gain more interior volume and thus buoyancy by plumbing the bow from the lower chine up to the stem-head? Would kill the "look", of course...
The concept for this boat was to look at taking a high performance working boat and adapting it to a high performance pleasure boat in this case a sport fishing boat. The new local pilot boats seemed to fit the brief. If you watch the video it may answer why I though it would be a good choice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXi1PTTrqxw
Don't get me wrong - I love the theory, and the look. But... I just can't help wondering what would change if you filled in the "crease" Loved those Hart boats, though.
The beak adds volume low down and a running surface of a bigger boat but keeping the finer bow of a smaller boat to push through waves. Heres another site http://www.hartmarine.com.au/ some great stills of the type of conditions they operate in.
