A new class of dinghy?

Using biomimicry for designs, what is fastest surface swimming creature ? 

Their probably will never be serious money for sailing dinghy design anymore, just rehashes of existing dinghies, majority of existing sailors are happy with Enterprise type performance, perhaps it will change with upcoming generations.

Going round in circles here, I think the point needs making as to what exactly we wish to define 'fast' as. Certainly ultimate speed over the water can't be it since for the most part we compete on restricted water and the sailing speed record is now well over 50 knots or is it 60 now I can't recall.

So what we want is efficiency. There's a bloody Solo down our lake, it's old, wooden, has a shagged out rig yet the moment the wind drops below a certain level it ghosts through the rest of us as if we're standing still. I need to understand that. I can guess, it's drag coefficient is less than ours, but why? Is it fore and aft rocker, or edge to edge, then there's the bloody Lasers on the sea in certain conditions, they also just pour past my new boat with its bigger sail and lighter weight helmed by guys no better or worse than I, why is that? Is it just water line length perfectly in tune with our wave length, or is it the low aspect rig being more efficient in certain circumstances than my high aspect fully battened rig, I want to know. I can guess, I think both my boats are too short, I've thought it all along, but will a T foil make enough difference?

All questions that continue to intrigue me, so for me it's relative speed with others, leading ultimately to sketches on paper for all manner of contrivances to overcome, the Solo when it's light, the Lasers when the waves are right and the bloody Contenders when the winds up, so if there's somebody that can write about or speak on the subject then I for one would be all ears..

Edited by iGRF - 25 Sep 18 at 8:30am

Originally posted by iGRF for me it's relative speed with others

Edited by mozzy - 25 Sep 18 at 10:00am