[MHml] Transom design for a cat -now hydroptere record attempt

[Dave Culp]

The best of luck to them, but I haven't heard anything about sustained
speeds. It's great to sprint to 47 kts on the GPS, but can they sustain this
over 500 meters, or a mile? They'll need to hit a good bit above 50
kts,, maybe 52, instantaneous, in order to average 47 even over 500m. Faster
yet to take the mile that high.

All the best to them, regardless. This is faster than earlier iterations fo
this boat has ever gone--much faster.

Cheers,

Dave

On 2/1/07, Alan Christoffersen <alan at insatech.com> wrote:
>
> They better do the record setting on a nice cold winter day,to ensure cold
> water and a higher speed before the foils cavitate.. Preferably a day with
> a relatively high barometric pressure as well.  It is certainly
> interesting
> to see if they can get it past 50 knots -I hope so
>
>
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> Alan Christoffersen
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> Snip>
> You could always get the transoms out of the water by taking this approach
> :>).
>
> http://www.hydroptere.com/index.php4?lang=EN
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> Any minute now multihulls will be faster than sailboards.
>
> Mark
> ...................................
> Mark Stephens
> www.harryproa.com
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