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Kurt,
The boat is beautiful, like many of the designs you & Bo have put forward on YF, but... a high speed, reverse bow boat is an accident waiting to happen. At the very least, someone's going to taste hospital food. Setting aside the inherent danger, it will likely be a wet boat at any speed. In offshore conditions, it will become a coffin.
I lost 3 friends in the late 80's due to high speed stuffs. Mark Lavin, Dick Fullem and Mike Poppa were all killed when they stuffed offshore race cats at speeds in excess of 80-90 mph. I'm not immune either. I stuffed a 24' Skater at approx. 70-80 mph when a wave tripped my transom during a jump at the Lee County Regatta. I walked away (swam actually), but I was lucky. This is the reason that canopies and restraining harnesses are now mandatory in offshore racing.
Ugly-bow syndrome is fine for big boats, but for high speed apps, let's keep the pointy part above the surface.
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