continuing the journey

The wingmaran 14 is the first test boat that I have made and the first wingmaran to be built and tested since my father’s prototype #5 which he built in the late 1980’s. I contemplated the best shape for the hull for about 5 years. I settled on a narrow, flat bottomed scow. It is very much like a windsurfing board with 14” of height. There is a slight concave section in the stern which prevents the stern from being sucked downward. The rocker is very subtle except at the bow. Unlike a planing dinghy, you do not need the bow to pitch upwards to get on plane, rather, you want the hull to remain pitch neutral. This allows the angle of attack of the wing to be at the ideal pitch. I have learned a lot from building and testing this prototype and have incorporated all my incites into the design of the Wingmaran 15 (now available) and the up coming Flying Skiff 13 and Wingmaran 15X.