| Raingutter Boat Racing - | How To Make A Fast Regatta Boat |
Perhaps you have designed a regatta boat before. You know that keeping the boat from tipping is a BIG problem. The problem of tipping is called "stability". A more stable boat will not tip as much as an unstable boat. In order to make a fast regatta boat it is very important to design a VERY stable boat.
It can be shown that a single hull boat is generally not as stable as a split or double hull boat. A split hull has three distinct parts.
A pontoon is a long thin float. It can be long and round or canoe shaped. Seaplanes use them for landing on water for the same reason a catamaran uses them, they make a very stable hull. Small pontoons are often used on outrigger canoes to make them stable in ocean waves. An outrigger can have one or two pontoons. With the canoe, that makes a two or three way split hull! An outrigger can be made by changing the procedures for the catamaran only slightly.
| Technically, a double hull is not a split hull. It is an outer hull containing an inner hull, thus double walled. But most people don't make that distinction, so it won't be made here. |
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If you design and build a catamaran well and practice good blowing techniques your catamaran should be able to race the 10 foot regatta rain gutter in less than 10 seconds. You will be a strong contender in your speed competition.
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