http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/05/14/green-sailboat/ Modern Industrial Design News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:40:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/05/14/green-sailboat/comment-page-1/#comment-26609 zippyflounder Wed, 14 May 2008 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/14/green-sailboat/#comment-26609 couple of problems here, first the beech wood needs some sort of resin, and that generaly is expoy making this just another "west" boat. If it is using phenolic, then wood rot is very likely. The use of a inverse bow may look sexy but makes for a very very wet ride as well as being a boat killer if you hit any sort of trash in the water (log). Again, a boat by a designer, pretty but not seaworthy. couple of problems here, first the beech wood needs some sort of resin, and that generaly is expoy making this just another “west” boat. If it is using phenolic, then wood rot is very likely. The use of a inverse bow may look sexy but makes for a very very wet ride as well as being a boat killer if you hit any sort of trash in the water (log). Again, a boat by a designer, pretty but not seaworthy.

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