Al wrote;
"Right .. If you say so"
What do you mean by that? (
Hi Eric, looking at Mark's bow wave in that particular photo matched against many years of looking at bow waves and thinking I had a vision of Mark's boat bow underway from other past photos, believed that the photo depicted a boat doing a bit more than any 6 knots +-. As Mark responded that it was what he said it is I can only say 'If You Say So'
Nothing more, nothing less.)
My HS is 7 knots w a wll of 27.5'. And Mark's boat is a few feet longer so it's obviously very close .. close enough for this conversation IMO.
(Iwould disagree, the difference between your boat hull and Mark's are further apart than inclusive in a single conversation. MHO)
"No harm if operating at less than hull speed" for a FD boat it would be stupid to run close to hull speed. Sounds like you don't like what he said.
(See above, no, What Mark said is fine) Perhaps you're thinking he's talking about SD hulls.(
No Idea here) Then it makes good sense to run not only around HS but considerably above it depending on the hull shape. Like your boat. Running close to or even a bit above HS is what it was designed for. When you run your Marben at 1 knot below HS you'd be better off w a FD hull
.(If you say so hard to argue with somebody who understands my hull better than myself)
Does that make any sense?
(It could, maybe, then again maybe not, sometimes, yes, sometimes no sense at all)[/QUOTE]