Is this the shape of boats to come?

[sea_casper]

Reserve Buoyancy?

The real downside of a blunt bow scow form is its lack of 'reserve buoyancy' in the bow section ... its REAL easy to 'pierce' a big wave with that blunt nose, and have the boat 'sail' completely underwater ... and become an instant 'submarine'!!!!!! This is one of the reasons you only see 'scows' on relatively flat-water venues such as lakes and protected bays. ....
The super-fast Melges 24 and 32 are essentially scow forms with conventional non-blunt bows ... for sailing in BIG waves.

It seems the scow form has more buoyancy, and would tend to ride over waves rather than pierce them like a conventional bow, note that the bow on submarines is of the conventional form.

It is worth noting that the blunt scow form competed against conventional bows including its team mate pictured in the video.

How many 21 ft boats can single hand across the Atlantic, let alone win a difficult race?

 

[Gunni]

It seems the scow form has more buoyancy, and would tend to ride over waves rather than pierce them like a conventional bow, note that the bow on submarines is of the conventional form.

It is worth noting that the blunt scow form competed against conventional bows including its team mate pictured in the video.

How many 21 ft boats can single hand across the Atlantic, let alone win a difficult race?

The scow design is great for downwind speed, which are the conditions the Transat typically sees. If you had to beat to wind in this dog it would loosen your fillings, empty your stomach and run off your crew at the first port'o call.. Imagine a lake tri-hull motorboat on the ocean...

 

[sea_casper]

Typical is not always true.

The scow design is great for downwind speed, which are the conditions the Transat typically sees. If you had to beat to wind in this dog it would loosen your fillings, empty your stomach and run off your crew at the first port'o call.. Imagine a lake tri-hull motorboat on the ocean...

Competitors faced winds from the south and southwest, as well as storm gusts to 45kts.

It is not all downwind in light winds.