rowing boat reverse bow

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  1. bob clair
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    hi does anyone have any pics or info on reverse bows or tear drop shaped sections in the bows of rowing boats/kayaks etc
     
  2. PAR
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    PAR Yacht Designer/Builder

    Welcome to the forum.

    I'll assume you mean a bulbous bow on a human powered craft? This hydrodynamic approuch is specifically intended to work (well) at a specific speed. Under or over this set speed, the bow treatment is a determent and not an advantage, so you'll be pulling a significant amount of water along with you, from stroke to stroke. Simply put if you've designed something that can continuously maintain a specific speed, this is an option. Human power suggests this isn't the case, so maybe looking elsewhere might be a better option. Now, some racing human powered hull forms may employ a wave piercing bow, which can help a small amount, but again it's all about the speed you can continuously sustain, that'll make this feature (or any other) viable.
     
  3. bob clair
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    Thanks.its not so much bulbous bows but reverse bows and a hull section thats wider below the waterline than above like the ac cats . Theres lots of kayaks and rowing boats moving that way and i remember seeing some boats at the boat show in 2013 like that and there was even a boat at henley in c2006 but i cant find any pics
     
  4. gonzo
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    Most of those designs are based on marketing and not engineering. Why do you think would be an advantage for your intended use?
     
  5. PAR
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    Agreed, you'll find every new feature show up in the following years offerings at the boat shows, even if they offer very little to the design's abilities. These bows, as a rule have a narrow range of operational attributes, they can offer. If your design can operate within these speed ranges, then yes, it may be a good idea, but given the usual Froude numbers these operate within, not so much.
     
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    Its for a study project so really interested in the history from galleys to 1908 dreadnoughts to 2009 ac yachts
     
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    The galleys had rams, which were for sinking enemy ships, not for any speed or handling advantage.
     
  8. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Hi Bob,

    Below a reverse bow Feadship Predator (built in 2008), and a reverse bow tender in the same style, and further below some canoes with a reverse type of bow . . .

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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    These (as shown in post #8, except for the first pic), are usually called Canadian Canoe . . .
     
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Just remembered yet another reverse bow canadian canoe . . :)

    Thread: Cardboard Boat Regatta ---> Post #39

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    Gonzo in a beautiful DIY built cardboard Canadian Canoe with only duct tape at the seams and no further waterproofing, taking some rapids . . :cool:
     
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  11. Dolfiman
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    For your investigation on reverse bow, you can have a look on these recent design :
    Bourbon boats with Xbow :
    BOURBON construit de nouveaux navires à étrave inversée https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/bourbon-construit-de-nouveaux-navires-etrave-inversee

    DCNS Navy boat design :
    DCNS propose des navires à étrave inversée https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/dcns-propose-des-navires-etrave-inversee
    (Note that here there is also a question of much radar reflection)

    Wave piercing for multihulls issue :
    A Look at Wave-piercing Bows on Multihulls https://www.sailmagazine.com/multihulls/a-look-at-wave-piercing-bows-on-multihulls

    And last but not least, the Incat wave piercing catamaran ferry, initiated by Phil Hercus in early 80's, that really launched a new approach on such bow, that now proliferate on other type of boats :
    INCAT - Building the World's Fastest, Efficient, Environmentally Clean, High Speed Ships. https://www.incat.com.au/
     
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    The DDG-1000, drop dead gorgeous evolution of the dreadnaughts, on sea trails at Ft Lauderdale


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    The DASH-trimaran concept ...

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  13. bob clair
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    bob clair Junior Member

    THAnks everyone. Keep em coming
     

  14. bob clair
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    Thanks. I realised it wasnt to try and win the olympics but is amazing how they created those curves
     
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