The bloke who designed that
boat, Juan Kouyoumdjian, said a few years back that canting
keel monos were just inefficient multis, and that video sort of proves his point.
Here is what he actually said:
Quote:
"What is future of canting-ballast technology?" Juan Kouyoumdjian: "It depends on acceptance. I could argue that a canting-keel monohull is a very inefficient multihull. Imagine canting a keel to leeward and instead of ballast you have air. You would achieve the same increase in righting moment in a ligter solution and in fact you get a multihull. Our sailing community is divided, and choices are made on style or fashion; otherwise we'd all be sailing multihulls."
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