Malcolm Tenant wrote from New Zealand:
The Maine Cat my well be a new design but they are using our well developed
CS hull form and a fairly standard 12:1 length to beam ratio for the hulls.
Consequently I think that would now have to be accepted as a proven hull
with highly predictable [at least by us] performance characteristics.
I wasn't thinking of just the hull form. As you know, Malcolm, there
is a heckuva lot more to a successful boat: Systems, engineering,
systems, fit and finish, systems, comfort, safety, and the thickness
of the cushions in the berths, and how much space there is when you
sit down in the head, and then even more systems.
--Georgs, on Lake Ontario in Canada
Malcolm Tenant wrote from New Zealand:
>The Maine Cat my well be a new design but they are using our well developed
>CS hull form and a fairly standard 12:1 length to beam ratio for the hulls.
>Consequently I think that would now have to be accepted as a proven hull
>with highly predictable [at least by us] performance characteristics.
I wasn't thinking of just the hull form. As you know, Malcolm, there
is a heckuva lot more to a successful boat: Systems, engineering,
systems, fit and finish, systems, comfort, safety, and the thickness
of the cushions in the berths, and how much space there is when you
sit down in the head, and then even more systems.
--Georgs, on Lake Ontario in Canada
