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barnakiel 22-10-2011 11:18
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Anybody else here sticking to the pointless, pointed bow?

How about the real thing:
(see image attached)

Team Work Evolution.

L E A D E R

MiniTransat 2011

Picture attribution:
Photos - La Charente-Maritime / Bahia - Transat 6.50

Cheers,
b.

Butler 22-10-2011 11:41
Re: The End of a Myth?
 
Too cool for school! F'n A!

ADMPRTR 22-10-2011 12:16
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It's a NARWHAL boat!

Narwhal Whale Photo / Picture Gallery - Narwhal Whales

Pete7 22-10-2011 12:23
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Ha, with a 6.5m waterline bet that stops dead in the water in a short choppy sea. I await the you tube videos of it sailing in challenging conditions of wind over tide.

Still multiply it up t 40 feet and it would make a great area for a double cabin in the bow. Future 40ft quad cabins to squeeze the charters in perhaps.

Pete

gixerjen 22-10-2011 13:18
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Originally Posted by ADMPRTR (Post 801788)
haha, that is so true - it really does look like a narwhale! :D

David M 22-10-2011 13:20
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It is what is called a pram bow, what we would see on a boat like an El Toro. Pram bows provide more buoyancy forward than traditional V-bows.

http://www.google.com/search?q=pram+...ed=0CBsQ_AUoAQ

barnakiel 22-10-2011 15:08
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Originally Posted by Pete7 (Post 801792)
Ha, with a 6.5m waterline bet that stops dead in the water in a short choppy sea. I await the you tube videos of it sailing in challenging conditions of wind over tide.
You won't see any. This is the boat built for (mostly) downwind tradewind sailing. And she is doing just that. Very well.

Please do not show this picture to all those on the coconut milk run. They may get pretty pissed off ;-)

BTW ! Surprisingly ! The qualifiers were a mixture of upwind, downwind and tidal races and she did perform very well too ...

b.

sarafina 22-10-2011 16:27
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ok, that MAY be the end of a myth... but she is NOT sexy...

; -P

SaltyMonkey 22-10-2011 17:59
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i want one

boatman61 22-10-2011 18:08
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Originally Posted by SaltyMonkey (Post 801943)
i want one
Salty.... your just a slut.... you'd go with anything...:p

barnakiel 22-10-2011 18:22
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Originally Posted by sarafina (Post 801917)
ok, that MAY be the end of a myth... but she is NOT sexy...

; -P
OK. She may be NOT sexy in some eyes ... but she is objectively QUICK!

;-)
barnakiel

otherthan 22-10-2011 22:05
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The risk for collision damages just sky rocketed by 80%

good buisness the naval industry hummm

Don1500 22-10-2011 22:34
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Originally Posted by Pete7 (Post 801792)
Ha, with a 6.5m waterline bet that stops dead in the water in a short choppy sea. I await the you tube videos of it sailing in challenging conditions of wind over tide.

Still multiply it up t 40 feet and it would make a great area for a double cabin in the bow. Future 40ft quad cabins to squeeze the charters in perhaps.

Pete
NO MORE V-BIRTHS!!!


Keep the nose shallow and you will slide over the chop. Cutting through is sooo last century.

Find a way to plane the nose up over the sea and you have a winner. Maybe a trimmed fin on the keel? Or a foil like a canard on the bow.

Blue Stocking 23-10-2011 00:54
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--give it an Asian name, and transport cars in the forecastle.

Me-and-Boo 23-10-2011 03:13
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Needs a ramp for easy loading and discharge on the beach.


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