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History of the very first tunnel type designs, like Thorneycroft's 1870 craft and the original Hickman "Sea Sled"...chronicles the development of tunnel design from the 'real' beginning...right up through Jones, Bob Switzer, Molinari, VanderVelden, Scotti, Levi, Kitson, Schultz...to Aronow, Seebold, Hledin...and lot's more!, | The
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how and why your boat works like it does. This book relates how the best
marine designers of their day, worked their way through the difficulties
presented by these complex hull designs. This is a "must have"
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Review of the types of catamaran hull forms used in early tunnel configurations...early designs, tunnel concept patents, modified tunnels... | |||||
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Some of the first tunnel boats that saw race course action were somewhat unstable, but very fast! The entire past of development is traced - the successes and the failures. All the best (and not so great) designs are chronicled | |||||
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"Ram Wing" catamarans were designed by some of the world's
foremost marine designers...some were even built! And early Stepped Hulls had quite a history... Find out which ones were successes ...and why! |
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