[PCW] Domino, was Camera Boat

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Malcom--

It seems to me that with Domino, powered by two 300-horsepower 
engines, you were forced away from some of the key attractions of the 
Globetrotter concept: slim hulls, small engines and excellent fuel 
economy.

Builders of ocean-going catamarans will have a tough time drawing 
people away for monohull trawler yachts until they can deliver fuel 
economy at multihull speeds.

But, as you say, commercial pressures for more space and more 
accommodation . . .

--Georgs


>>We have already designed the boat as described by Bill and construction is
>>well underway in Paraguay at www.dreamperformance.com  This is the Domino 20
>>design . The description of the Domino reads as if Bill had written it.  I
>>have raised the issue of anchoring, mooring etc with some of the extreme wave
>>piercer hulls, in several articles. I also pointed out that a lot of clients
>>consider the longer hulls, be they wave piercer or "normal', to be wasted
>>space.  Most clients want to fill up all the spaces. There was an 
>>old adage in
>>boat design which went:- "keep one third of the length for the boat". This
>>meant that if you made it longer and kept the ends empty then you 
>>would have a
>>much better boat. This is just as true today but commercial pressures of one
>>sort or another mean that this advice is seldom heeded.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Malcolm Tennant.   ARINA  MA