It must be difficult to hole a flat bottom as there's no angle for the rock to hit the hull.

HP would float not bad anyway if holed, except only issue could be one hull high and dry and other hull lower down .
But probably still sailable.

Assuming the ww hull would get hit first since deeper than lw.
Is there a full or just ring bulkhead at beams in ww hull?
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On Fri, 15/3/19, '.' eruttan@yahoo.com [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re:: Flat bottom hulls?
To: "Harryproa" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au>
Received: Friday, 15 March, 2019, 7:46 AM


 













| Another thing to consider about V bottom and round bottom
hulls is the value of the bilge space.   A flat bottom
offers little or no useful space in the bilge for tankage,
and other stowage....



What horse crap! If you see huge value in a bilge, add a
fake one. It is hella cheaper to add a removable floor to an
easy to build cheap and light hull.



| This is not insignificant, as deep down is the ideal
location for such thing as liquids and batteries, and other
heavy stuff.  Built in tankage is also insurance if you run
onto a coral head, and rip into the bottom......



Ya, all the guys checking the latest boats are all checking
out the critically important BILGE volume.



| it can prevent the main hull(s) from flooding.  The
entire bilge in a Deep V or round bottom hull could be
sealed, with watertight access ports, and ideally each
bulkhead would make a separate compartment without any
connection to the adjacent compartments.



I don't know any sailors looking for water tight bilge
as a safety feature. But, perhaps I can learn a thing. I
would imagine the crush zones on the HP would take the hit
fine. And are probably are considered by most as a kind of
belts and suspenders protection, but I don't know



Does any list reader care to instruct me in the value of a
water tight bilge?











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