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Hi Dave, I am not sure of the purpose of your
question. If you are looking for a comparison of performance
then my following comments may help you. The H28 was designed
by L.Francis Herreshoff to be built in wood with an external
lead keel of 2,800lbs. On the spec's he gave in his drawings
I would rate her as a 5 ton craft. The fibreglass and ferro-cement
versions of the H28 built in NZ are only adaptions from the original
wooden design. Both adaptions have proved themselves very well
over the years. I would say however that the weight dispersement
(not displacement), of the ferro-cement version is likely to
be closer to the original wooden design than the fibreglass one.
Giving a motion in a seaway closer to that envisaged by the original
designer, Mr Herreshoff. Hope that helps. Regards
Colin Brookes...colb@xtra.co.nz |
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