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Canting Ballast, Twin Foil
Hey JimC welcome back
"JimC" wrote Anyone seen one of these CBTF boats? The full article is available at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...s/1276881.html. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Speeds of 20 knots on a sport sailboat? Impossible. A 40-ft. sailboat that beats 70-ft. racing yachts? Not likely. A yacht that can sail without heeling over, yet go faster than anything its own size? Hard to believe. Not at all. As with everything, it depends on whether you're comparing apples to oranges. Well, check out the DynaFlyer 40 Red Hornetand start believing. What sort of magic is this? Just remember four letters: CBTF. They stand for "canting ballast, twin foil." It's a concept that is revolutionizing the yachting world, The funny thing is, it's not that new an idea. I saw a boat outfitted with twin foils back in the 1960s although it didn't work as well as the new boats (massive amounts of number-crunching really does help design). It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the same idea had occured to several people earlier on. The one absolute fact is that a sailboat sailed upright is both faster and more comfortable. Again, it depends. When the means of providing righting moment don't add more drag than the power developed, then yes it's faster. Usually heeling means helm, which means you're dragging the rudder sideways. OTOH a lot of narrow boats will sail quite happily at startling angles of heel and cannot develop any power unless laid over. As the CBTF philosophy of "sail flat, sail fast" spreads throughout the sailing universe, it's likely that the image of the sharply heeled sailboat will one day be just a romantic memory." Maybe, maybe not. FWIW I have seen these boats sail a couple of times, the 'production' version of the Schock 40 CBTF which is indeed pretty dang fast. Wet, too. But it's a tiny boat, a sliver of a hull with weekender accomodations; and it takes some practice to make the thing go. The verdict of one owner I've talked with is that it's not really much fun (of course, he had a very difficult rating also). "Capt. JG" wrote: Interesting, but what's the advantage over a tri or cat? You can park it in a normal slip. -signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye) |
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oups.com... Hey JimC welcome back "JimC" wrote Anyone seen one of these CBTF boats? The full article is available at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...s/1276881.html. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Speeds of 20 knots on a sport sailboat? Impossible. A 40-ft. sailboat that beats 70-ft. racing yachts? Not likely. A yacht that can sail without heeling over, yet go faster than anything its own size? Hard to believe. Not at all. As with everything, it depends on whether you're comparing apples to oranges. Well, check out the DynaFlyer 40 Red Hornetand start believing. What sort of magic is this? Just remember four letters: CBTF. They stand for "canting ballast, twin foil." It's a concept that is revolutionizing the yachting world, The funny thing is, it's not that new an idea. I saw a boat outfitted with twin foils back in the 1960s although it didn't work as well as the new boats (massive amounts of number-crunching really does help design). It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the same idea had occured to several people earlier on. The one absolute fact is that a sailboat sailed upright is both faster and more comfortable. Again, it depends. When the means of providing righting moment don't add more drag than the power developed, then yes it's faster. Usually heeling means helm, which means you're dragging the rudder sideways. OTOH a lot of narrow boats will sail quite happily at startling angles of heel and cannot develop any power unless laid over. As the CBTF philosophy of "sail flat, sail fast" spreads throughout the sailing universe, it's likely that the image of the sharply heeled sailboat will one day be just a romantic memory." Maybe, maybe not. FWIW I have seen these boats sail a couple of times, the 'production' version of the Schock 40 CBTF which is indeed pretty dang fast. Wet, too. But it's a tiny boat, a sliver of a hull with weekender accomodations; and it takes some practice to make the thing go. The verdict of one owner I've talked with is that it's not really much fun (of course, he had a very difficult rating also). "Capt. JG" wrote: Interesting, but what's the advantage over a tri or cat? You can park it in a normal slip. -signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye) You can park an F-boat in a normal slip also... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Canting Ballast, Twin Foil
Where's those pics you promised us?
Scotty "JimC" wrote in message ... wrote: Hey JimC welcome back Thanks. I'm hoping I'll be able to get in some sailing next month. Jim |
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"Scotty" w@u wrote in message . .. Where's those pics you promised us? Scotty Please don't encourage him. His constant whining is so pathetic. The only thing more pathetic is the boat he wasted his slip-and-fall lawyer money on. Do a Google search on Buccaneer 26. It is almost the equal in ugly to the MacGregor 26. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:54:05 -0500, Wilbur Hubbard wrote
(in article ): "Scotty" w@u wrote in message . .. Where's those pics you promised us? Scotty Please don't encourage him. His constant whining is so pathetic. The only thing more pathetic is the boat he wasted his slip-and-fall lawyer money on. Do a Google search on Buccaneer 26. It is almost the equal in ugly to the MacGregor 26. Wilbur Hubbard We used to say that anyone who owned a Buccaneer had nothing between their fu**ing ears. -- Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass |
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"Mundo" wrote in message . net... On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:54:05 -0500, Wilbur Hubbard wrote (in article ): "Scotty" w@u wrote in message . .. Where's those pics you promised us? Scotty Please don't encourage him. His constant whining is so pathetic. The only thing more pathetic is the boat he wasted his slip-and-fall lawyer money on. Do a Google search on Buccaneer 26. It is almost the equal in ugly to the MacGregor 26. Wilbur Hubbard We used to say that anyone who owned a Buccaneer had nothing between their fu**ing ears. -- Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass As cheap and ugly as the Buccaneer was, it was easily ten times more of a sailboat than a MacGregor 26. It had a real keel and a real mast. It had more room inside and it had real bulkheads inside, too. Wilbur Hubbard |
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message As cheap and ugly as the Buccaneer was, it was easily ten times more of a sailboat than a MacGregor 26. It had a real keel and a real mast. It had more room inside and it had real bulkheads inside, too. Rather like a Coronado, eh? The cheap and ugly parts, that is. Max |
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Canting Ballast, Twin Foil
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote i As cheap and ugly as the Buccaneer was, it was easily ten times more of a sailboat than a MacGregor 26. It had a real keel and a real mast. It had more room inside and it had real bulkheads inside, too. it has no keel? SV |
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