"Gary" wrote in message
news:e0dyg.245823$iF6.163191@pd7tw2no...

I don't think that the R of R were created thinking of
hull and foil
characteristics. I think it has more to do with the slow
speed and
limited freedom of movement of large sailing craft as
compared to
similar sized power driven vessels. A large square rigger
who has to
fall off the wind to give way to a freighter may take a
day to get back
to where he was. A freighter could recover in minutes.
It also takes
and entire crew to alter a large sailing vessel and one
guy to alter a
power driven vessel. The rules were originally written
with shipping in
mind, not small handy vessels.


According to Wayne, it's very hard for a power vessel to
alter it's course.

SBV