Actually, Plumb Bows are not new, they have just come back into fashion! I don't have a problem with the anchor on my Heard Falmouth Working Boat with its Plumb Stem. In my opinion, they are not stupid.
Do you have a bow roller with an anchor perched over the bow?
Yes, I have a bow roller and once the anchor is hauled up onto it, i don't "perch" it there, I stow it on the foredeck.
Not necessarily. It is not a subject I have explored myself, but when a raked bow meets a wave, it will be pushed upwards and induce a pitching movement to the boat. A plumb bow can cut through a wave, especially since the entry will be finer. This is obviously a complex problem but I would guess that a modern bow is inherently faster and more comfortable, though the current wide sterns may act to counter this, and the shallow forefoot can be a problem in some seas. I was impressed by the performance of a pair of modern First 30s that I saw beating to windward while I was struggling against short seas off Zeebrugge. Of course, a heavy boat with a full bow, such as a Nic 32 will give a comfortable ride, but very slow compared to any design of the last thirty years.
from the brief research i di, it appears that plumb bow boats dont actually have a fine entry. they have fuller bows due to their reduced reserved bouyancy
No. The windlass is just behind the bow and the chain locker is in the bow, some distance back. Some have an anchor on each bow.
If you have nothing more to say, then do not say it. However, The thread is evolving. That is what happens in good conversation.
A quick look round the marina would suggest that your bow roller does extend considerably more. than most. Regardless of how plumb the bows are. Although, I admit, it seems that 20% of those in #64 do have an extended rollerNo. The windlass is just behind the bow and the chain locker is in the bow, some distance back. Some have an anchor on each bow.
The boat is >20 years old, no dings.
The roller does protrude just a little. Of course, since you use a roller, the rode is not under tension on the roller except during break-out. That is a 35# anchor, so appropriate for a 34' cat.
I am not sure that I would feel happy making that final "leap" on to those slippery looking rocks. But in its favour, the boat with the plumb bow has got his ladder close, second only to the MOBOBesides the anchoring aspect – a boat with a plumb bow has a clear disadvantage in this type of mooring, very common in the archipelagic regions of Scandinavia.
Looking closely, you will notice that the HR in front has its ladder folded back. Extracted to full length it will make stepping ashore or aboard quite convenient.
the cockpit, it’s rare to be splashed at all. Anchor wise, the roller is on the starboard front beam. We don’t carry an anchor there, they live in the front locker like any other boat, but that’s where we deploy and recover from. If it’s muddy, we can park it there if we want to, and bearing in mind the previous remark, it's usually clean after 5 minutes. I daresay the boat isn’t much wetter than that rather handsome craft above. And if it’s bowsprit top trumps, they have us beaten!
I’m not sure that I follow that. It looks to me that for a given overall length and with the same beam, the boat with the longer waterline length will have the finer entry, regardless of the shape of the topsides.
Some boats do have fuller underwater sections, carrying their buoyancy further forwards. Avoids that rather odd posture that old 1/4 tonners used to have when heeled.
I am west coast based (which is also where the photo was taken). Would love to revisit Stockholm archipelago, but most likely not this summer.
The new shaped plumb bow Ben Oceanis 38.1 anchored next to us has a very blunt bow. At the waterline its not so blunt but as you rise up the bow it get progressively wider to the point at deck level where it is considerably wider than the bow roller fitting. You need reserve bouyancy somewhere. If it's not in an overhanging bow then it needs to be in the wider section above the waterline. Overhanging bows don't need to do this and can have a fine entry and carry the shape all the way up to deck level. If you Google some of the yacht design pages online it is well documented