Winter Projects

I guess I'll need a plastic hammer.

Originally posted by Medway Maniac Originally posted by Do Different What's the theory on reverse stems / ware piercing bows? I can see straight stems maxing WLL to LOA and I guess I can see how the fine, very deep vertical bows on Cats work, preventing nose diving like the old Tornado and offering some resistance to leeway. What is the benefit of coming back past vertical, weight saving for max WLL seems possible but minimal to me. Is going through a wave thought to use less energy than lifting the boat and crew weight over? When you go through don't you increase wetted area and displace more water than going over, chucking spray up and around must be wasted energy as well. Not arguing, just asking. My presumption is that by tapering the hull upwardly and rounding the top you enable it to emerge easily upwards out of a wave it has ploughed into (the way a normal bow cuts down into a wive instead of lifting the bow, unnecessarily pitching the boat).  The reverse bow simply results from that upward taper of the beam. There may be more to it than that, but I can't see what.

Relevant because they have a closer length to width ratio to a dinghy than a cat does.

Originally posted by blaze720 Hi PeakyDecription is a bit MG14ish in terms of size .....  I'd go off the boom, nice and KISS and no thwart but maybe an option for one.   For the same reason I'd not go GNAV myself.  You might struggle a bit with that ultra fine bow to pack in a decent sized chute and pole though - Guess the opening  would be behind the forestay ?.  The spinnaker size is about right imo.... so no trapeze option needed at that width ?   Knock up foils .. hell yes.  Seen too much damage to be 'vertical' purist at either end of the boat anymore (I remember your own first IOS 'adventure' with a cassette rudder btw - impressive that you managed to sail back without a rudder really !)  Plus they are a right b****er to constantly clear of weed in light winds .. or in lots of breeze as well for that matter.'Softie' material.... from memory some of the NS14s in Oz entirely covered the floor with thick pro-grip..... I'd just make detailing recesses in the mouldings so there are less 'edges' to lift.Nice ideas ... but you could just get an NS14 or Icon hull to play with and save lots of ££££ Mike L.

Yes, just a hiker. Could be thought is as a maxed out 200, or a Tasar with a kite, or (unlikely as it sounds) a Merlin mixed with a 29er. It certainly has been influenced by all of those (and more) but, in my head at least, it's more than a merging of ideas. It is all based on first principle theory, personal taste and a habit of being contrary.

As good as the NS and Icon hulls are, I like the process of designing hulls. I may not have the pockets to make 'em, but I like drawing them and the intricate detail it involves. And one day, one day, I hope to have the satisfaction of sailing one such creation, even though it would be far more sensible not to!

Very nice!