>>I have seen some of these 90s design boats with the downward sloping foredecks pitchpole when no other boats in the race pitchpoled. I guess someone needs to tell the builders of some of these new boats about the "other aspects".


Of course you did as at least one builder made a huge mistake while trying to copy the flyer design. He even called it an improved setup, but was wrong. HOWEVER, this doesn't means that the Flyer itself is less dive resistant than the 90's generation A-cats which had taller bows. Because the Flyer is regarded as more dive resistant.

By the way; the downward sloping deck is not the goal of the flyer design but a result of other factors. The working core of the design is the redistribution of the volume. Some is taken away from the top and put near the keelline.

But like I said in my other mail ; The rule that taller bows are better with regard to dive resistance than shorter bows holds in many cases despite the fact that exception are known.

Wouter