Originally Posted by Jake

I've been fascinated at the thought process behind the designs but I have yet to really understand why Alinghi's bow is so proud of the water.

Then again, maybe they were just terrified of pitchpole and decided to add a little margin of safety with the bow line on the Alinghi cat.

Jake, there is a new video in which it has some very nice trim.
Its on the Alinghi Friends section of their website, its an interview with Dirk Kramer Alinghi's chief engineer.
That is one seriously fast cat, some very nice sailing footage.