fastest production monohull (non-displacement , non -sailboard)?
 

robert childers wrote:
Hi Dan,
I can't really remember. It probably was the speed trials I'm
recalling. I do remember Crossbow going at pretty great speed. It
seems to me there were a bunch of experimental foilers in those days
that were moving in the high 30's, or better. ( It seems like one of
them looked like a tetrahedron,) Sorry my recollection is so poor,
and I don't have the pamphlets the Amateur Yacht Research Society used
to publish, anymore, so I can't check it. I didn't find anything
specific on their web site.

Crossbow 1 was a 60' proa. Cool boat. I'd love to see a video of her in
action. They added a small diamond-shaped foil on the bottom of her
small windward hull (IIRC it was one hull off an old Shark catamaran)
for softer landings... she was a one-way boat, only sailing on port tack
and getting towed back to the other end of the speed circle. She was
expected to break 40 knots but I think only made the high 30s.
Nonetheless a very impressive boat at the time and held the speed record
for a few years.

Crossbow II came a few years later, was a bit more exotic, an big (70'?)
cat with offset hulls and duplicate rigs. I think she broke 40 knots and
held the record for a few more years.

Fresh Breezes- Doug king

fastest production monohull (non-displacement , non -sailboard)?
 

I saw her sailing during a photoshoot on board some new yachts.
Impressive but I had to laugh at the face of the guy sitting in the
outrigger when he flew into up the air! And then descended like an
express train. I think he had to be strapped in -he was white knuckling
the sides anyway.

Cheers

Oz wrote:

On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:32:36 -0500, DSK
scribbled thusly:


Crossbow 1 was a 60' proa. Cool boat. I'd love to see a video of her in
action. They added a small diamond-shaped foil on the bottom of her
small windward hull (IIRC it was one hull off an old Shark catamaran)
for softer landings... she was a one-way boat, only sailing on port tack
and getting towed back to the other end of the speed circle. She was
expected to break 40 knots but I think only made the high 30s.
Nonetheless a very impressive boat at the time and held the speed record
for a few years.

Crossbow II came a few years later, was a bit more exotic, an big (70'?)
cat with offset hulls and duplicate rigs. I think she broke 40 knots and
held the record for a few more years.

Fresh Breezes- Doug king


Here are a few pics..nearly as good a video :-)
http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/crossbow.html


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

fastest production monohull (non-displacement , non -sailboard)?
 

Oz wrote:
Here are a few pics..nearly as good a video :-)
http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/crossbow.html

Cool link, thanks! I have seen a few pics of Slingshot trialing on the
Great lakes, didn't know any specs.

A boatbuilder near here (Durham NC) built a 40' trimaran intended for
the speed records. He said it had the disconcerting habit of
accelerating until something broke. Eventually he put foils on it, but
after about two dozen crashes he gave it up. I saw it on a heap behnd
his shop and asked about it, never saw it sailing.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King