From: Georgs Kolesnikovs

Displacement 41,000 lbs light ship

Thank you for sharing the particulars of your yacht with us, Bill.

With that kind of heft, Double-Wide is going to be one heckuva battleship.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of hauling so much weight around?

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Brian commented:
...an excerpt from my motorsailer discussion...

"The sea-kindliness of multihull craft is being rediscovered every day. Continual experiences with whale watching boats, fast ferries, pleasure, commercial, and military applications are all proving the validity of the multihull form. What many people forget about a good ride in a heavy sea is that it is very much a function of weight in addition to hull shape. More weight, more robust, more form resistance it offers to moving thru the ocean, the more the sea acts to resist the vessel's progress, and thus the more uncomfortable ride, and we must slow down. A big headsea is a particular challenge. Heavy boats carry their momentum into each trough and crest in a battle with the sea, while lighter weight vessels with slender hulls slice through with less battering. Per a sign at the Naval academy, "you can out-think the ocean, but you can't out-slug the ocean." Modern materials allow for lighter boats, and we must properly distribute the vessel's weight throughout long slender hulls. Following seas tend to pick up broad sterns and slew a vessel off to either side....broach. The catamaran hull does not require these broad sterns

Brian Eiland

 

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www.RunningTideYachts.com

distinctive expedition yachts