"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I used to be a great believer in asymmetry until sailing my
present boat which is fairly symmetrical and has a surprising
full entrance for a 1970's design. She has a cruising weight
mast, a large anchor hung out over the bow, water tank under the
V berth, batteries and lots of gear aft, everything that urban
legend says should promote wicked pitching. She has about the
nicest motion I've encountered in a sailboat.

Sounds like a lovely old 8m I used to sail. Great long overhangs,
lots of weight - not only in the ends, but all over. Heavy long
keel, tall mast, very slim hull. Went like a demon to windward,
but modern racing handicaps put the end to that type of design.

Hobbyhorsing? That boat hadn't heard of it. For all her overhangs,
her pitching inertia was so great that she just creamed along dead
level (well, relatively) through all seaways. Very comfortable.
Except for one thing.

She had little freeboard, and once the waves got above 1.5m or so,
they just rolled along the deck. With 2m waves, she made like a
submarine half the time. So, there's comfort, and comfort. Motion
versus soaking.
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JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/
Comparing cruise areas within Greece and N Spain