"DSK" wrote in message

.... While the long stretched-out overhangs
look really elegant, they throw spray and they're a great way to get
small-boat accomodation in a big boat LOA.

Maxprop wrote:
True on both counts. Spray is a given with our boat in the right
conditions, but we have a dodger and bimini, so it's not a problem. And
yes, the accommodations are roughly equal to a 31' boat of broader beam
and more modern design.

This is a sistership of one of my family's boats when I was a teenager
(and dinosaurs roamed the Earth)

Stop! You're little more than a child. g

http://www.woodship.com/fleet/tarna/default.aspx

Later I owned a share in a converted 6-meter, which unfortunately I don't
have any pictures of. That type of hull is lovely, seakindly, and the
better ones can really sail.

A friend has an Etchells 22 at our lake. Similar to a 6M, it is poetry to
sail and even more beautiful to watch ghost by in nearly no wind with no
wake.


... The narrow beam of the CCA boats does, however, allow them to be
very slippery through the water. A friend's new Catalina 350 drags her
transom something awful, leaving a turbulent wake behind the boat.


Yes, but that's a question of volume distribution. At certain speed length
ratios, it's actually more efficient. Look at the prismatic coefficient.
It's not elegant though.

This is correct. But it certainly seems counterproductive--as you say,
inelegant. Our friend's 33' Beneteau Oceanis does not drag its transom in
that way, but does leave a noticeable stern wake.

Our boat leaves virtually nothing behind. It's often deceptive, it's so
quiet. One has to go forward to see and hear the bow wave to convince
the senses that we really are moving along with a good turn of speed.

I used to lay on my back on the fantail, steering with my feet and looking
up at the mainsail leach. It is very good view of the rig and almost
totally dissociates one from everything else... a Zen state. Why worry
about the wake? It will take care of itself

Anyway, this hull form was originated with the Universal & International
Rules, which were measurement rules that taxed waterline. So long
overhangs became "rule beaters" and fashionable. The common explanation
that these overhangs immerse and lengthen the waterline when heeled is at
least partly true.

There's a Luders 40-something sloop that is IMHO one of the most drop-dead
gorgeous boats ever built.

From a designer who penned boats hulls for speed and rules-beating, Luders
certainly made some lovely designs. We came across a one-off, mid-50s 46'
Luders daysailer (!) in Maine two years ago. You'd have loved that boat,
with her flush decks and towering fractional rig. And she moved like
Luciano Pavarotti sings.

Max