Max L/B ratio for a fast cat ?

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  1. Richard Woods
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    Maybe I didn’t phrase it well. But you should still be able to see the point I was trying to make

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  2. Richard Woods
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    You should also check Ilan Voyagers comments on his professional opinions versus amateurs

    No problem asking questions but surely it is best to believe experienced professionals above others? You do if it is a health issue or an aeroplane maintenance problem

    One reason why the AYRS lost credibility was because members only tended to talk to other members and not to trained experienced professionals. So basically the blind leading the blind

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    What happens with such a design?

    It appears the op has dreams of great speed while long, narrow, and light.

    What is he missing?
     
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    You are quite right and I can not but agree with you, but it is often not easy to distinguish an experienced professional from a talkative and it is also common to see that a professional is belittled only because he does not express himself fluently in a certain language. On the other hand, people are obsessed with academic degrees that are not always guarantee of anything
     
  5. Richard Woods
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    Agree with you Tansl. But with due diligence you can easily work out who to believe by going to their blog Facebook page or website

    People commonly say “the Titanic was designed by professionals the Ark by an amateur “ (although I thought god gave Noah the basic dimensions).

    Anyway to that comment I always say “yes and both were wrecked on their maiden voyage”

    Yes we English speakers are very lucky that this forum as most is in our native language

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    dsigned O.R.C. Hunter

    > There are no emotions in engineering...just facts.

    ********. Emotion is quite often what sets the design parameters and is often the deciding factor between two similar design options. It's one of the primary reason we build sailboats at all anymore. And engineering isn't "facts"; it's data, which can be varying degrees of reliable and accurate. All the engineer cares about it getting data that's good enough for the design at hand. I don't need measurements to 1/10000th if my tolerances are 1/10th.
     
  8. Barra
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    Good question.

    Its a law of diminishing returns past a certain point.

    Long and lean with a modest rig has appeal to many.
    I recon I would go down this route if I ever build another boat.
    Length is cheap.

    Schionnings cruiser racers are around 15:1.
    Gougeons G32 was around 20:1 (maybe 22:1)?

    Gougeons Strings was probably similar.

    18 > 20:1 would not be unusual. The down side is that wetted surface drag increases.
    You really have to sacrifice all comforts for the concept you are touting to work.

    As others have pointed out theres more to speed than just hull L:B ratio.
     
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    Nope. You are confusing the two....and putting the cart before the horse.

    Facts are things which are known to be true. The waterplane area of a vessel, for example, is known to be true to influence the period of motions of a vessel. The EI of a structure is known to be true to influence the response from an applied force....etc etc.

    Data is a summary of information of a subject...and is derived from facts...which are known to be true. The period of roll (data) of a vessel is 8 seconds or 10 seconds, based upon a WPA (fact) of...XX or YY.

    In either instance none of which has an emotion as an 'input'.
     
  10. Steve W
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    To the OP, do a little research on the catamaran Sundreamer in New Zealand, I think you may like it as it has a lot of innovative features and is for sale for a lot less $ than you could build for. No, she was not designed by a NA, many very good boats are not, but rather by an artist, a very good artist.

    Steve.
     
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    Says gone to new owner on 12/13/17.

    Neat boat.
     
  12. ryanonthebeach
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    I've read many of Ad Hoc posts, he's certainly an expert agreed, but has also negative, unhelpful and condescending

     
  13. ryanonthebeach
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    Awesome, thanks Steve, that's in the direction I'm thinking
     
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    ryanonthebeach Junior Member

    Sarcasm and condescending experts aside
    Ad Hoc
    I am confident in my approach, and ive done enough ocean sailing to know what I want and what my priorities and tradeoffs are. I've built boats to plans. I now want to design & build my own, and I will.
    I get that you're an expert in your domain but if you're not going to be helpful please don't reply to my posts, you're just wasting everyone's time to inflate your own ego.
    Good luck
     

  15. ryanonthebeach
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    Thanks for the examples Barra
    Yes, agreed, but it's not all about speed, its also about stability & saftey in big seas.
    I'm comparing viscous and wave drag for different hull lengths that I've put some rough designs together for.
    Will post when I have enogh time to complete
     
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