CN,

I do believe Bill Tripp designed and the Coranado is describe as a
RACER/CRUISER. Would you like to explain that to the Group?

Ole Thom

That was advertising hype back during the old IOR days when they
thought they could sell a few extra boats to the racing crowd.

It means nothing.

CN

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
CN,

I do believe Bill Tripp designed and the Coranado is describe as a
RACER/CRUISER. Would you like to explain that to the Group?

Ole Thom

CN,

It mean nothing???? It meant the AC left the shores of good old USA. It
meant that as well as many other things.

Get real CN. Newport no longer host the AC race.

Ole Thom

Those damned Kiwis are the reason the America's Cup
left our shores. They are better sailors. Period.

CN


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
CN,

It mean nothing???? It meant the AC left the shores of good old USA. It
meant that as well as many other things.

Get real CN. Newport no longer host the AC race.

Ole Thom

CN,

You memory CN. It is failing you, badly!
You're rather young for that to happen.
The 150 year reign of the AC was broken by a boat named "Australia II"
It wasn't a Kiwi boat. It had a Wing Keel. The first one ever used in AC
Racing.

The AC is in the hands of the SWISS!! They took it away from the KIWI's

I hope this ENLIGHTEN you :^)

Ole Thom

CN,

I do believe they still sell the same way and the faster Racer/Cruiser
still gets to sell the most boats

Ole Thom

What's your point?

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
CN,

I do believe they still sell the same way and the faster Racer/Cruiser
still gets to sell the most boats

Ole Thom

The point being;

You're sailing a SLUG!
Tripp designed the 27 to compete in the 1/2 Ton rated IOR class and it
failed. Failed badly. Beaten by Cals, San Juans, Pearsons, Newports,
even the old Columbia 26 outperformed it in IOR. That was boat on boat,
no handicap

Sorry to brake the news to you after all these year but I thought you
knew.

You are sailing a Slug, and that stands for slow. and that as a R/C
spells failure.
It went back limping to sailing in PHRF and watch it value drop out of
the leaking bottom around the keel bolts

Just a Little More Enlightenment (G)

Ole Thom

Good Nigth, sweet Dunce. Tomorrow is another day

AND: "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!" Still have time out here.

Ole Thom

CN,

Yes, I did increase wetted area and yes I probably slowed it down. It
was taken into consideration.

Now, let's talk about the bulbous nose of the Submarine. The Shape of
the Nose was basically for CONTROL! The new power plants on the Subs
increase speed so much that the "BOW Plane operators could never
compensated for the asymmetries shape of the old hulls BUT my friend the
superstructure was made long and pointy and called a sail. They didn't
shape it like a ball!

The Bulbous Bows on Merchant Ship is something you've prove you haven't
a clue about, as pointed out by someone from the group. It is there to
create and control the BOW WAVE to stabilize the length the wave for
hull speed. Remember the KIWIS tried it with their bolt on bottom and
brought the stern wave aboard the hull.

We know you have never come to terms with Hull Speed and Wave Conformity
but they are related. Hull design 101 (Grin)

Ole Thom