.... While the long stretched-out overhangs
look really elegant, they throw spray and they're a great way to get
small-boat accomodation in a big boat LOA.

Maxprop wrote:
True on both counts. Spray is a given with our boat in the right
conditions, but we have a dodger and bimini, so it's not a problem. And
yes, the accommodations are roughly equal to a 31' boat of broader beam and
more modern design.

This is a sistership of one of my family's boats when I was a teenager
(and dinosaurs roamed the Earth)
http://www.woodship.com/fleet/tarna/default.aspx

Later I owned a share in a converted 6-meter, which unfortunately I
don't have any pictures of. That type of hull is lovely, seakindly, and
the better ones can really sail.

... The narrow beam of the CCA boats does, however, allow
them to be very slippery through the water. A friend's new Catalina 350
drags her transom something awful, leaving a turbulent wake behind the boat.

Yes, but that's a question of volume distribution. At certain speed
length ratios, it's actually more efficient. Look at the prismatic
coefficient. It's not elegant though.

Our boat leaves virtually nothing behind. It's often deceptive, it's so
quiet. One has to go forward to see and hear the bow wave to convince the
senses that we really are moving along with a good turn of speed.


I used to lay on my back on the fantail, steering with my feet and
looking up at the mainsail leach. It is very good view of the rig and
almost totally dissociates one from everything else... a Zen state. Why
worry about the wake? It will take care of itself

Anyway, this hull form was originated with the Universal & International
Rules, which were measurement rules that taxed waterline. So long
overhangs became "rule beaters" and fashionable. The common explanation
that these overhangs immerse and lengthen the waterline when heeled is
at least partly true.

There's a Luders 40-something sloop that is IMHO one of the most
drop-dead gorgeous boats ever built.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King