what is the name of?

[stephaneg]

Hello, well i was wondering whats the name of those sailboat that are shape like a football? they are large in the senter and make more room insite. does they have a name? and do they make them Cold-Molded ?
thank you
S

[CaptFoolhardy]

Hi Stephaneg and welcome to SailNet.

You're going to have to be a little more specific. What exactly do you mean by "shaped like a football"? Are you referring to boats that have a rounded transom as opposed to the flat transoms that many boats have? If so, this is referred to as a "canoe stern" and many boats have them. Is there a picture on the Internet of the specific boat you are interested in that you could post a link to?

Best,
Bob

[jackdale]

I think the OP is referring to a double-ender.



Colin Archer Double Ender "Super Yacht"

[Jeff_H]

Although from the description, he could also mean an early IOR boat with tumblehome and pinched ends, and yes, they were ocassionally built using epoxy staturated cold-molded wooden construction.




Picture of an early IOR design...

Oh yeah, and boats which are shaped like a football, wide in the center and narrow at the ends, generally do not have more useful volume than boats which are moderately wide for much of their length. And double enders, in particular, are short of space compared to an equal length transom boat.

On the other hand, he is in France and their footballs are spheres....

Jeff

[bljones]

or a bayliner buccaneer.

[PaulinVictoria]

Or a coracle

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by PaulinVictoria

Or a coracle

I had to look that one up.

[lobstahpotts]

Originally Posted by PaulinVictoria

Or a coracle

I want to see a cruising coracle now.

In my mind double ender makes the most sense here.