Thread: Your hull type
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Old 02-25-2012, 01:58 AM   #23
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RE: Your hull type

"Hull speed" and the rules for hull speed only relate to common boats with a length to beam ratio of 3-1 or so.

Once one gets to at least 6-1 or better 8-1 the boat may stay in displacement mode and yer high speeds are available.

Look at most of the commuters of the 20's , unfortuniatly heavy from their construction and the monster engines of their time , but well over 20K.

Cats and trimirans can use these shinny hulls IF they are operated at high speeds.

At low trawler crawler speeds the cats are less efficient than a similar weight 3-1 boat due to much increased wetted surface.

And of course the wide spaced hulls give the GB floating box snap roll in beam conditions.
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