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bow design

Posted By: Patrick Sawyer
Date: Thursday, 20 April 2000, at 4:27 p.m.

Nick and anyone else who knows, I have a question about the concavity of the bow on the Auk designs, and most others for that matter. I assume that this design is to help the bow catch and ride over waves. (yes/no?) If so, would making the bow convex and thereby increasing the volume do the job as well? How much would this change in design affect the prismatic coefficient? The reason I am curious is that I want to build a Razor Billed Auk and, ofcourse, I want mine to be faster than anyone elses. I thought that the convex bow line must be faster since the olympic sprint boats and the racing surfskis are built with them. BUT! there is a surfski with a wing built on its bow to keep it from submarining in surf. So what is best? (how is that for an easy question)

Messages In This Thread

bow design
Patrick Sawyer -- Thursday, 20 April 2000, at 4:27 p.m.

Re: bow design
Nick Schade -- Friday, 21 April 2000, at 12:53 p.m.

Re: bow design *Pic*
Hans Friedel -- Friday, 21 April 2000, at 5:02 p.m.

Re: bow design
CommonStriped -- Thursday, 4 May 2000, at 10:32 a.m.

Re: bow design
Hans Friedel -- Friday, 5 May 2000, at 6:37 a.m.

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