bow spray rail

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  1. adriano
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    Can anybody explain the purpose of those short bow "spray rails" above and parallel to the WL
    which we can see more and more on fine entrance bow/keel mostly on low D/L ratio catamaran hulls?
    Thanks for any comments
    Adriano
     

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