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[Deleted User YDKXO]

Weird. It's not often that designers make catastrophic mistakes with hull design these days given the wealth of knowledge and experience now available. Is it a Shead design? Is it the first off the line because sometimes the early builds have a belt braces heavier lay up?
I've got a feeling this is not the first time this has happened to Sunseeker. I may be wrong but I think that the first Caribbean 52's turned out to be a lot slower than expected and SS ended up fitting massive fixed trim tabs at the stern to give the hull more lift

 

[[2068]]

Very strange.

Princess 21M (approx same weight) with the same engines: they claim 32-34kts flat out, so something is wrong.

The energy must be going somewhere: maybe some sort of unfortunate interaction between the aft sections of the hull and the props?

Interesting to know what the outcome is.

dv.

 

[MapisM]

Stop press! Sunseeker sea trials on redesigned hulls

"Back to basics!" declared Don Shead, after the latest disappointing results.

 

[jfm]

Agree it's not often. More like one in a thousand or something. But this is that one. It's a hull number around 10, so not one of the first few, and it's not heavy, in that the waterline looks ok. Baffling.

 

[mjf]

You still fail to declare your SS interest.

I would agree that adjustments have been made, as I hear SS have recently closed or announced the closure of two lines? I understand that the people will be employed on the larger boat lines but..........closure of production lines says a story!

Have Princess?