Thinwater has a good point re the ratio of beam to bridge deck height. That is probably the significant ratio in a design with out a bridge deck carried to far forward.
I have personal experience with an overloaded Gemini from Hawaii to San Francisco. The numbers for the Gemini are not likely to indicate just how bad that boat pounded. The main beam came untabbed and floated, the cabin bulkheads cracked, cabinets fell off the hulls. When I slept my dream worlds jumped up and down.
Tony
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Originally Posted by thinwater  And I think the width, more than the length of the deck.
Rather like ground clearance on an SUV, it is the break-over angles, not the clearance.
Also, the location of the minimum matters. A loaded Gemini practically scrapes the water, but the location of the minimum is such that is it not so bad. Worse than others perhaps, but not nearly so bad as the numbers would indicate.
My guess is that these numbers will mean very little. |