Indeed I try to tell in simple terms much of what you wrote down in more detail. The main issue for me is that a sailor that likes to sail smooth should not look for a hooper/slapper/planer/wavepiercer and vice versa. The combo is what works. That is what I intended to say in my finishing sentence of the paragraph. With regard to the term planing. No cat planes fully and probably never will. It is indeed more like "having a (small) portion of its weight carried by dynamic forces created on the hull. I personally believe that such surfaces allow you to drive the boat harder without picthpoling and that explains more of the (possible) speed increases than the actual "plaining".

Personally I agree that the rig is more important than the hulls and I have a very strong perferrence for one particular rig. I've sailed many others but never encountered the same feeling of control. Of course with such a responsive rig it is also very easy to downhaul it out of its groove. But I love the way she talks to ya.

And you are right about :"I just thought we ought to get the info out so others aren't mislead into thinking one type of hull planes like a jet ski and other type cuts through like a tanker."

That is why I commented on the Brobu's boat and the way it was made very quick with the proper tricks.

But I also think that we can't all explain it too JB in a few posts. With his current background he will go equally fast or slow on pretty much all types named. The differences are in the cost, lust for technology, looks, and support. And even there they are not that big.

And that is as far as I can go without heavy slacking on the boats of our competition !

Regards,

Wouter