Market for DB-1

Will,

I should say that I knew that the Wally is not really a tri hull but at the point where the chine meets the water, it appears to have a similar cross section to a tri. This is my problem with this design as applied to our boat. There is no way to get livable volume in a small boat with this design. The main hull is just too narrow, and like small multihulls it would require a very high superstructure.

 

Ah! Now I see where you're coming from Tom. A section of the hull in say the aft 1/3 would indeed resemble the centre hull of a tri.
I've obviously not explained my suggestion properly. I'm not proposing that we adopt the Wally hull shape per-say. More that we could adopt a hull with higher angles of deadrise up f'wd to improve its rough water capabilities. True, a very fine entry, like the Wally's, would compromise interior space too much, but I think a balance could be struck to give us a little of both.

Here ia few images of the sort of thing I mean. All developable surfaces, with a fine entry, flattening to lower deadrise aft. It probably still carries too much V aft at the moment, but it should demonstrate my suggestion better than I have so far described with words....

 

I vote for the S.S. Bathtub method!

 

For real now I (not a cruiser boat guy) think an Albinish style would look good and sell good.

Just my .02

 

Any other Ideas. Nothing is progressing here much lately in this thread and we need it.