Bow shapes

[zoidberg]

Musing on the bow shapes and other design features - viz. 'Hoshi' and 'Provident' - it seems remarkable how the shape of bows-in-fashion keeps changing...

'Jolie Brise' - 1913

'Shamrock' - 1930

Pogo30 - 2015

'Arkema3' - 2019

'A' - 2008

'Zumwalt - 2016

Interesting that the 'reverse bow' was also popular for a while on naval capital ships of around 1900....

 

[penfold]

That was more about ramming things rather than preventing the reflection of as yet uninvented radar beams.

Interesting that the 'reverse bow' was also popular for a while on naval capital ships of around 1900....

 

[DownWest]

Racing rules and waterline length produced long overhangs, lot prettier than than the modern scow bows on the 6.5 racers., where length limits the possibilities and they carry a LOT of downwind sail, so full forward sections count.
The mobos are just fashion/design.
The gaffers, like Hoshi, were from trad craft, where construction favoured near vertical stems. and racing rules were not a consideration.

 

[zoidberg]

Racing rules and waterline length produced long overhangs, lot prettier than than the modern scow bows on the 6.5 racers., where length limits the possibilities and they carry a LOT of downwind sail, so full forward sections count.
The mobos are just fashion/design.
The gaffers, like Hoshi, were from trad craft, where construction favoured near vertical stems. and racing rules were not a consideration.

Where's the romance in that....?

 

[Spanjaard]

Wow, that 'Jolie Brise'

 

[Spanjaard]

Igor Lobanov, Phoenicia concept

 

[Stemar]

Wow, that 'Jolie Brise'

Totally agree. Until it's time to sail shorthanded in brisk weather or, worse do the winter maintenance.

I'm second to none in my love of wooden boats - and second to none in my determination not to own one until I'm rich enough to tell my man (or woman, don't want to be sexist) to take care of that bit of varnish

I do rather like that Phoenicia boat, but it must be a bugger to park in a tight spot, cos you can't see where the pointy end is from the bridge. OTOH, if you can afford the sort of designer who'll make a design like that work, you can afford all sorts of clever toys to take care of that sort of thing

 

[jordanbasset]

Interesting article here about inverted bows use on warships (why they were used and why they were discontinued) in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century
https://www.navygeneralboard.com/the-inverted-bow-and-warships/

 

[mjcoon]

Whatever, I have now acquired an intrusive earworm based on a slightly modified old folk song: "If I had a fashion-bow to tie my hair..."!

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Igor Lobanov, Phoenicia concept

I like the enema trampoline!