Sea Sled madness. It’s in my brain.

I don't know if it was helping or not - but I suspect that they were having lots of problems, including cooling (and a lot of it was no doubt due to the boat being so heavy and boxy), and they were fairly desperately trying anything they could think of.

Yes, those teeth are a real classic! They finish her off nicely
The wave piercing bows were definitely an improvement though - I egged on her builder to do it, and he eventually did, and he was quite pleased in the end.
The ally cat in my avatar was / is still 4 times as efficient as she was though, even with these bows.

 

That is quite the tale Bajansailor.
You make interesting points.
Thank you.

 

I assume the main problem with the Sprinklercraft was weight ? Do you know how much ?

 

That is a good name for her, 'Sprinklercraft'!
I think that weight was her main enemy - she was built of plywood sheathed in glass (and I think they even used epoxy) - but the structure was all quite massive, such as 2" x 6" pine timbers and even when she was about 30' I think she weighed perhaps 5 or 6 tonnes. Whereas the Builder was hoping she would come out at about half that......

Edit - @Mr Efficiency - congrats on being just one post away from 10,000!

 

Very kind of you bajansailor, not to mention observant ! That weight would have retarded progress somewhat, sounds like a vexatious problem to be installing expensive diesels and jets, and finding it was going nowhere fast, might have been marginal even with a significant reduction in weight.

 

Cover your eyes DogCal, weight again!

This just feeds his anxiety you know.

However, weight is always the enemy.

 

And this is your 10,000th post! I think it is worthy of being bookmarked.

I think that John's Sea Sled will be a lot more hydrodynamically efficient than Wild Cat ever was though - she was a real 'blood & thunder' machine that relied on brute force to get places.

 

An honor, Mr Efficiency, to host your 10000th post.

Yes, the tale of woe definitely made me anxious.

 

I think you will find a sled is as good, or better, a load carrier than most planing boats, so that part should be OK

 

Bluebell and DogCavalry, talking about boats.

 

And well worth the visit today!
Lunch was fantastic.

What a project, what a boat.
Thank you John and Anne for a great day.

 

Looks more like Bluebell doing the talking and DC, well....just enjoying the "education"

 

That's.... fair.

 

Among the things discussed were
Shoes
Ships
Sealing wax
Cabbages
Kings.

He also explained why the sea is boiling hot.
In return I was able to clarify whether pigs have wings.

 

A bit more glass on.

Note the location of the port clearing drain. 11" by 4". 28cm by 10cm.