Length overall vs length of rigid hull

[hori]

A questions for the rib experts.
Lots of rib companies will post LOA and not actual length of the rigid hull. Is the longer the rigid hull more important than the length over all as far as seas and handling.

Lets say a longer LOA with a shorter rigid hull vs shorter over all length but a longer rigid hull, just for example lets say a 7m loa with a 5.5m length of hull vs 6.5 m loa and 5.8 length of hull, both with same beam.

[hori]

ok..any non experts care to reply ...

[jyasaki]

Any particular reason you're looking into this? I doubt you'd be able to specify the trailing length of the tubes; the front extends by some percentage of tube diameter.

Bottom line, the builder will have a LOA based on their design; doubtful you'll be able to change it.

As far as selecting a boat, that's not something I would look at; material, layout, shape, Vee angle, etc would be much higher on my list.


jky