Designers

Not noticed that double bottoms leak any less than side tanks, really.

Originally posted by oldarn Originally posted by Medway Maniac As I've just pm'd Oldarn, the best buoyancy arrangement I've ever sailed was on Jack Holt's late-'60's Jacksnipe (here's a plus for Jack then, after the crit of his Ent!). Double floor but with self-bailer-drained footwells that lowered he crew members' c.g.'s and gave more room under the boom. The footwells soon drained, in practice. Even that could have done with slimmer side tanks, but mine (the prototype) was so overbuilt it floated low on its side anyway! I vaguely remember it. How many were made?  It might be considered semi double bottomed. I assume it was complicated and/or expensive to make and most likely too heavy  but otherwise seemed a good compromise. We considered a semi-double bottom for the AltO to the back of the c/b box, but for little gain in terms of carrying less water within and at  the expense of less comfort, less stiffness and heavier.

Rumour has it that a Jacksnipe( a boat we thought was long gone) has re appeared and hopefully be about for the Holt Centennial next year. Thats all I know at the moment but will let you know more as we hear news.

I've no idea what the class are thinking I'm afraid as we have yet to get along to any events however its my understanding that the motivation to move to double bottom was just to stop them filling up with water in waves but the side effect of effectively stiffening up the hulls then made the change essential if you wanted to be competitive. (happy to be corrected here by the more experienced 12 sailors ion here)