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| Originally Posted by AMG What scares me is when we get a question like today where a member is asking if he could run his yacht at WOT for hours. This is usually close to the highest speed the boat is designed for. Many also run on autopilot at high speeds, which is not to recommend without a lot of experience. If you further add active trimtabs into the equation, it takes a pro to be on top of what can take place.
If somebody is buying a yacht with all of these gadgets, put his route into the plotter and think the yacht will arrive smooth and safe to itīs destination without taking weather conditions in consideration, I am pretty sure we will see not only a broken wine-glass, but broken windows, arms and legs...
So, I will remain reluctant with "selling" too many of these tools, unless I know they will be handled by somebody who could handle the boat as well without them. |
I'm not sure I completely follow your logic..in the sense that the exact same is true when fin stabilizers and other solutions are in place. Any boat can be driven beyond it's safe envelope, and if you are relying entirely on active stabilizers to do it - and they fail for any reason - then you can really be in the soup. SWATH vessels and some hydrofoils are famous for 'over the edge syndrome', where the vessels are so incredibyl capable that they are dirven beyond the point where even survivability becomes aquestion when a failure of either the stabilizers or propulsion renders the stabilization useless.
But..the flip side of that coin is that ANY properly-designed stabilization system is still providing a large benefit at speeds well below top speed..I.e. whatever is a safe speed for the prevailing conditions.