What e the DISadvantages of the Triloboat shape, and will they be able to sail? Im betting that they will be decent (not stellar) sailors.
• They have high windage, relative to their “grip” on the water. • Their upwardly curved, flat bottom at the bow won’t be cleaving a chop (interestingly, though, the super blunt bow of Dutch boats is often explained as providing extra buoyancy to lift them up and over the nasty chop of the North Sea—Andy has had his T32x12 in 5 ft chop on the edge of the Gulf of Alaska. He reports no undue pounding and good progress under light power (8hp outboard)). • Their heeled waterline is going to be one weird, fat banana (technical terms that bode not well). HOWEVER: • A shoal hull, so long as you don’t plow water with a transom, doesn’t have far to shoulder water aside, allowing even a broad bow to ease through the water. • When heeled, their hard chine becomes a V, which slips along and tracks well. • Their high stability allows them to carry more sail. • Off the wind, they are a toboggan, or skimming dish, or belly-whopper (take your pick). My conclusion (re enforced by our experience on LUNA
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