Out95

Looks good, shame it isn't canting though

now that is a seriously cool looking bit of kit!

What's the point?

They're saying long narrow hulls are fast. No s£$%. Really? Never knew that.

So, compared to a tri or a cat:

Heavier - all that lead. Less efficient shape - the drag from those wings must be huge compared to well designed floats. Can't fly the boat from just the wing, as you can fly from one hull/float on a cat or a tri - so less powerful - and in ultra light conditions when you're balanced on one hull, the lead is ripping the guts out of the acceleration.

However, I doubt very much that there is enough lead onboard to stop it turning over - the AVS must be horrific, as a result of the aircraft-carrier sized deck the force required to right it again from inverted must be huge. Why would you take the floats off a tri, and use lead for stability instead?

Obviously you can't take it offshore, so you're left with day racing against keelboats, blatting round the course faster but getting hammered on handicap. Well, whoopee-f$%^&-do, what a great thrill that would be. "Rounding the windward mark now, do we have an overlap to defend - uh no. The opposition are 10 mins behind. Unfortunately, after this much racing, we owe them all an hour"

I bet any racing multi of the same length would be faster. So what's the point?

 

Edited by Presuming Ed

Those wings are like the racks on a skiff, as soon as it heels and they touch the water the drag must be horrible. The earlier comment about the International Moth is spot on, but with the downside that the crew doesn't have the leverage to keep the thing flat!

Those wings are nothing like the racks on a skiff... look at the tank testing photos, they have obviously been designed with what happens when they touch the water in mind.




Besides, who cares whether it works when it looks as cool as this?




Edit: looking at the launching photos it doesnt look like theres a large amount of lead on there either


Edited by Isis