Here is the bow of mothball1. How did the end get blunted so well? Originally the boat was 11'3'' by design, even though the hull can only be 11' 0'' by class rules. In order to keep the lines constant I made the boat slightly longer and then inserted a shaped piece of wood at 11' exactly and then cut the last three inches of the hull off. This will make a very tough and nicely rounded nose without changing the lines of the boat. I think it looks pretty good. a sharper nose may be slightly faster, but its also more vulnerable and decreases the volume in the front of the boat. One of the realities of the hydrofoil boat is that maximizing displacement mode boat speed is silly. Once you start to exceed hullspeed you will by on the foils so it doesn't really matter how fast you can go while lowriding. Its better to make the hull more functional for lower speeds than maximizing displacement boatspeed.
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