Why would anyone want to spend $22.5M on a design that had its 'prior-
art' done in the 1890s. Tunnel-hulls have been around for over a
century .... sailing scows! So, this design is going to have HARD
TIME

"RichH" wrote
Why would anyone want to spend $22.5M on a design that had its 'prior-
art' done in the 1890s. Tunnel-hulls have been around for over a
century .... sailing scows! So, this design is going to have HARD
TIME

It's probably the fastest boat in the world, y'know...

It's probably the fastest boat in the world, y'know...

The A-Scow was probably the fastest sailboat for probably over 80
years .... still a 'screamer' but not a 'tunnel-hull' like the
M-20 / !-20 Scow.
If you want fast, get an International Moth 'foiler'. ;-o

On 2007-12-28 23:51:47 -0500, RichH said:

It's probably the fastest boat in the world, y'know...

The A-Scow was probably the fastest sailboat for probably over 80 years
.... still a 'screamer' but not a 'tunnel-hull' like the M-20 / !-20
Scow.
If you want fast, get an International Moth 'foiler'. ;-o

Having left port with A-scows in preparation for individual races -- we
were in Lasers -- I can imagine that they are the boats to beat.
DANGED, they move well in almost nothing and stay upright nicely in
real wind with lots of crew as mobile ballast!

BUT! this is rec.boats.CRUISING, and such racing configurations have
slight relevance.

Truth be told, our boat would benefit greatly from such a discussion as
we are fast cruisers, but let's keep it real for this group.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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"RichH" wrote
Why would anyone want to spend $22.5M on a design that had its 'prior-
art' done in the 1890s. Tunnel-hulls have been around for over a
century .... sailing scows! So, this design is going to have HARD
TIME

It's probably the fastest boat in the world, y'know...

Not only that, but it also has en extremely small (pinpoint) turning radius
and can make turns at full speed without reducing acceleration. Imagine the
envy of your round-the-buoys chums when you dont slow down at all ;-)

"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote
It's probably the fastest boat in the world, y'know...

Not only that, but it also has en extremely small (pinpoint) turning
radius and can make turns at full speed without reducing acceleration.
Imagine the envy of your round-the-buoys chums when you dont slow down at
all ;-)

That's what I'm talkin' about. The metacenter height is extremely low and
its centrifugal force is negligible. And it's got a couple of truly
happenin' geocities pages.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:20:58 -0800 (PST), RichH
wrote:

Why would anyone want to spend $22.5M on a design that had its 'prior-
art' done in the 1890s. Tunnel-hulls have been around for over a
century .... sailing scows! So, this design is going to have HARD
TIMEe

Ah yes, sailing scows. The fastest monohulls they ever made. An A
scow, 38', will go at least 25 MPH, and there are other smaller ones,
28', 20', 16'. The bottom is absolutely flat, but they are always
sailed heeled enough that only about half is in the water . There is a
retractable 'centerboard' on each side and you use only one of them at
a time. When well heeled over, it is possible to stand on an out of
water bilgeboard. The ultimate daysailer and almost as far as you can
get from a cruiser and still have a hull. And they have indeed been
arround for a century. Really cool boats. Ocean sailors seldom have
that good stiff wind with tiny waves. Most lakes sailors don't own an
anchor. It is very common to capsize and strike the bottom with the
mast. Nobody ever broke one that I know of, but you don't get the
waves you have on the ocean.

As for the original question Re 22 $mil.
Back when battleships were worth something, I am sure we would have
licenced the Iowa for a hell of a lot less than that, to, say, the
British.

Casady