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Default Sail-powered SWATH catamaran
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Reducing the scale of these military vessels down to regular sailboat
sizes would create a very tender boat since each hull would be only 50%
buoyant. So beefing up to perhaps 100% in each hull would be a first
design step.

??
Please explain further. Perhaps you mean the reduced volume
available for reserve bouyancy?


Apart from this pre-requisite, I see no serious drawbacks
to creating a superior performance and wave-piercing catamaran.

You don't think that the lack of reserve bouyancy, and the
concomitant stability, is a "serious" drawback? Everybody
else does.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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