Hi there,
I took to screen shots comparing the old with the new one....
So here are the changes:
It looks aloottt cooler, and design is quiet functional! The X stiffens out the deck, and there ar no lines or edges on the deck that catch water...., so we have a fairly lght and stiff hull.
1. The entire boat is slightly bigger ->more volume. more time on the surface
2. The bow of the boat is not as round (the hull) so the Salto evo will again have more time on the surface punching a whole. The baot is not going as deep, therefore the water won't slow you down as much.
3. The entire bow is roughly 5cm wider than the old model, which does two things: it doesn't sink in as much (more surface time), and in adition there is less surfce area (looking from the side) inside the water. The stern is only 2cm wider. This makes the Salto aloooottt easier to turn, especially ones you happen to be off your intended line...
4. we got rid of the steep sidewalls, this in itself makes the boat a lot more foregiving... and one doesn't get pushed around as much....
5. The deck in the back is slightly higher, water has a lesser tendency to get onto the deck
...hmm waht else let me think...
6. the rocker line: as with the old boat: we kept a continious rocker line, (makes the boat faster) but added al ittle bit of rocker in the front (2cm), and roughly 3cm in the back
-> more rocker and wider makes the salto evo alooottt easier to turn, and easier to boof!
to tell you the truth... we were a bit concernd that this would slow down the boat...., but it didn't!
7. The roof shaped deck stiffens out the boat and keeps the water away.
8. The cockpit stayed the same, it is the standard moulded in cockpit rim, that stifens out the hull big time.
Last but not least: Since I designed the boat..., Iam totally biased and in love with it!... Honestly!
Just tried to upload some screenshots, but the limits sizewise are ridiculous (sizewise) after a few attemps the upload dialog dissapered all together...
I will probably blog it on the eskimo blog...
ciao Jan Haluszka