To those who knew him - Dick Newick died last week in Ca. Lots of great boats and lots of great sailors... Wally and Glue building boats in St. Croix... purpleheart house on Recovery Hill... A sailor, author, yacht designer, innovator - Trice, Ay-Ay,Trixie, Trine, Charis, Three Little Pigs, Viti Viti, Naga, Moxie, Cheers, Three Cheers, Gulf Streamer, Third Turtle, Godiva, Traveler,Ocean Surfer, Roque wave, native, White Wings, Traid ,Echo 2, the Tremolino 23. "We all want high performance with comfort and low cost. Since the three cannot be combined in one vessel, priorities must be established and compromises made. Seagoing comfort can be very different from what is comfortable in a marina. Too often comfort is defined merely as interior volume. I prefer to consider three factors: (1) easy motion in a seaway, (2) peace of mind, and (3) interior volume. Who can be comfortable with the environment and stomach jumping around while concerned about stability, slamming, or worse? Waterline beam is closely related to both speed and easy motion at sea. A beam to length ratio of about 1 to 11 has worked well on my designs. For wider cabin soles we give up seagoing performance. Before making that decision, it is desirable to go to sea in a good boat to experience the trade-off. The same can be said for daggerboards vs. shallow keels. Windward ability is proportional to draft. Knowing the joy of going to windward at 10 knots comfortably can change your design priorities."“I can give you 20 knots and a snug place to eat and sleep, but I can’t give you luxury and performance and low cost at the same time; nobody can”
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 02:59:16 +0000
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