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You are being extremely rude. I suggest you a different approach: if you find that a comment is not helping you, dont reply to it. To insult people is ALWAYS wrong. Having said that, may be this could help: OFF (file format) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFF_(file_format)

The main advantage of a scow bowed vessel, is related to the increased RM. The shape of a scow, seen in plan view, is simply wider than a traditional vessel (in the front part). This gives a scow an higher RM, therefore, given a specific length, it can carry bigger sails, ie more power. Just...

I'm thinking about cruising cat that you see chartered in the summer. Honestly I never sailed a large cat so I do not have first hand impression. I thought they were not windward vessel, I can be wrong.

We will see. I do not know to be honest, I just like to see new ideas tested. I think scows could be in some way the monohull answer to multihulls. Cat dont go to windward either but they are more and more diffused. My opinion is that the main issue is related to the look of these vessels. I...

Scow Bows are a thing now. Will see. Stay tuned Fast Cruising Scow - VPLP Design https://www.vplp.fr/plaisance/asap/ this is a VPLP project for a 12 meters cruising scow

I love the Baluchon. Scow with keel. Quite stiff they say

That is an interesting vessel. But... looks like they still have to find a solution to scow's aesthetic How is it performing?

I am interested on scow I would not put it like that. What you say is what pushes me: the two most sold sailing dinghies are Mirror end Optimist, both scow bowed (or pram bowed if you prefer). The S.C.A.M.P. is scow bowed too. The OZ goose, the Brick. There are many scows that proved to be...

The last Class40 built, which made second in the last Route du Rhum, has a slight v in the bow

Thinking about cruising, I think a V bottomed scow (like they use to do in garveys) could be an interesting vessel, it should pound less in a chop. What do you think?

I agree with you on this, it would be a minus on the cruising vessel. I was going a bit off topic

For sure they suffer from a chop. But are they slower in a chop than traditional design? The Route du Rhum that has just ended has been upwind for the first half, two weeks of upwind racing. In Class 40 - where scow bows and traditional bows race together - big bows were all at the top. They did...

I dont think the wave piercing bow is a good comparison. Scows are nothing new, they have been developed many times: garveys, ausrialian scows, even the first moth were square bowed. The fact that for a limited length the scow shape is faster is not new. These types of vessel have been banned...

If you can handle the look and find the plans, Bolger Advanced Sharpies are to be considered. Very simple construction - given the dimensions - essential, very high freeboard. I'm afraid that short Adriatic seas would be sometimes challenging for a flat bottomed boat. That is something you have...

I read the book and I felt in love with sharpies too. For a while I dreamed of building a - much smaller - one. I know well Croatia and I think coronati islands in particular would be a nice place for a sharpie. You are considering a very big one, iyou could have a check to Chis Morejon blog...