You would remove most of the ballast, yes? In general I think turning a narrow monohull into a trimaran is a cool idea - whether you bother to...
I think you're onto something, Carlos, but your posts are too cryptic. Can you start by stating what question you're tying to answer or what...
The Brandon Dobroth designed Canada's Cup winner Coug was said to have its LCF forward of its LCB, and some believed this helped it hobby-horse...
Good point, and many of the ocean racers designed for reaching & downwind do immerse their transoms significantly when crew and water ballast are...
So initiate the design process with the LCB a little farther aft? Is the bow's "fullness" mostly a matter of breadth forward, then (not volume)?...
Wouldn't you conjecture, though, that each designer has an interest in bringing their learnings forward, where some projects have big budgets and...
I accept fault on terminology. I should have said "Sectional Area Curve". There are articles of a speculative nature, such as: Curve of Areas,...
From Google AI (aka Gemini): The longitudinal distribution of immersed volume, also known as the curve of areas (or sectional area curve), is a...
I agree about handicap classes. It remains to be seen weather Thomas Mielec figures into development class competition. Certain designers...
The answer to AdHoc's question is: race results. The ORC (formerly IMS) handicap system relies on a VPP, but because this new model sailboat has...
In what respect is the X-Yachts XR-41 more optimized than its competitors? I'd like to conjecture the answer might be found in its longitudinal...
ePropulsion (Hong Kong) is now listing full boat / motor packages on their website. A number of them are tenders or launches. View All Boats -...
Excluding me, the other two Americans who espressed interest wanted to enter catamarans. Having said that, it's interesting that Nigel Irens,...
I agree entirely. It may have been a mistake to give top speeds (different for differet loadings) a significant place in my original "Parting...
