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Old 07-01-2013, 02:32 PM   #3
Nomad Willy
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The KK has a full displacement hull w the general advantages of a stern that is much more like the bow and in the really big stuff the seas will not push the boat around nearly as much. When a sea rolls under the stern the lifting and pushing forces will happen later on the KK and will have considerably less tendency to roll the boat to leeward because the stern quarters aren't sticking out ther'e to catch the wave.

The KK will be more efficient too. I'll be interested in what Larry M has to say when he weighs in. The DFs are wonderful boats but for seaworthiness the KKs got my vote. See it in Voyaging under Power (the book).

You may find a build quality difference. I've heard nothing but good about the DeFever.
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