What is meant when a sailboat is said to have a " fine entry" into the
water?
G

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Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee, and
thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere.

It generally means that the hull form has a narrow form forward as opposed
to a symetrical widening and narrowing of the hull which positions max beam
midships. In a form having a fine entry, max beam is aft of midship.
Steve

"Gordon" wrote in message
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What is meant when a sailboat is said to have a " fine entry" into the
water?
G

--

Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and thee,
and
thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere.

I think it usually is a bit more specific than this. Typically the
entry refers to the angle or half angle (assuming symmetry along the
center line) of the water plane a the bow. A fine entry or small half
angle can be achieved by having a narrow water-plane that comes to a
point or by having hollows near the bow. Narrow boats can have full
entries (if you cap a PVC pipe and throw it in the water it has a high
Length/Beam ratio but a bluff bow) and wide boats can have fine entries
say a Buzzards Bay 12 1/2...

-- Tom.