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    Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 11:59am

In the Favourite Photo's section, we have the E Scow.  Here it is in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ex2dFFhpCw&mode=related& amp;search=
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Gracious me that's a meaty old topper isn't it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRvujRFsjY&mode=related& amp;search=

 

Cats having fun

Does anyone konw the music???
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Don't know if anyones seen this but..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afSKI1RN9Co

Good video of 2 hulls (cats to us mono sailors!)
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Just watched the E scow video.

When you consider that spray = energy, (Largely wasted energy - look how little spray you get from a moth) there's a colossal amount of energy being expended. I really wouldn't want to have a port/starboard collision with one!
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The track on your vid yk207 is by Morcheeba, called Wonders Never Cease
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E Scow = giant topper

Hope this helps.
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Originally posted by fizzicist

Just watched the E scow video.

When you consider that spray = energy, (Largely wasted energy - look how little spray you get from a moth) there's a colossal amount of energy being expended. I really wouldn't want to have a port/starboard collision with one!

But spray is also good, watery fun. Not keen on boats that leave me too high or remote from the element I enjoy playing in; just a matter of taste.

Probably correct though that the delightful beast could do with a weight cure. Fewer crew members, on trapezes, and most likely a chunk off the hull weight would add to the fun.
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Here's the E-Scow spec.

Length............28 feet
Beam............6.9 feet
Hull...........Fiberglass
Hull Wgt.........965lbs. (maybe not so much to lose here as I thought!)
Crew...................3-5
Main...........228 sq.ft. 
Jib................95 sq.ft. 
Spinnaker....550 sq.ft. (photos show both symm+pole & asymm on bowsprit)
Spar..........Aluminum

Sounds like a lot more fun to me than any sportboat you care to mention...
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