Well, at least it’s a monohull and not a catamaran so (to some extent) more weight just means less ballast needed and doesn’t really hurt… but the real test will be how high the center of gravity ends up being. Having it sit low on its lines at launch would be obviously a disaster, but even if it doesn’t it could still lack stability in a storm if it really ends up as overbuilt as you say it will.
I’m certainly not a naval architect, but I haven’t heard them say they’ve talked to one. They haven’t removed any ballast yet to my knowledge, just keep adding more stuff. The proof of the pudding will be in the floating.
IIRC they met at architecture school (regular architecture, not naval), so it may be a situation where they think they know just enough to be dangerous.
Interesting.
Well, at least it’s a monohull and not a catamaran so (to some extent) more weight just means less ballast needed and doesn’t really hurt… but the real test will be how high the center of gravity ends up being. Having it sit low on its lines at launch would be obviously a disaster, but even if it doesn’t it could still lack stability in a storm if it really ends up as overbuilt as you say it will.
I’m certainly not a naval architect, but I haven’t heard them say they’ve talked to one. They haven’t removed any ballast yet to my knowledge, just keep adding more stuff. The proof of the pudding will be in the floating.
IIRC they met at architecture school (regular architecture, not naval), so it may be a situation where they think they know just enough to be dangerous.
I haven’t watched the build either, have they mentioned anything about weight as they build it?
I hope they don’t Dunning Kruger their home to the bottom of the marina.
I haven’t seen them mention it. I don’t think they’ll [Vasa](http://www.vasa.com/ (ship) - Wikipedia https://share.google/gOopi0rHsXYjGNy6M) but they might SV Seeker.