VDH patent
I would have thought the patent preceded the 23’ by a few years and maybe it did for a production version of the 23’. Don’t know when Potter arrived, but thought he was instrumental in the 23’.
Per the Moesly story:
His first design using the VDR hull was a 23-footer, all out of plywood, built only to be a test boat. The bottom was painted red and white to highlight the unique feature of the hull... longitudinal steps. Named Si-Vad (Davis spelled backward), it was thoroughly tested in the Miami to Nassau race (1961). It performed better than Moesly expected, but he had a few ideas to make it even better. He shortened the design to 21 feet, made a few adjustments to the longitudinal steps, compounded the curves for fiberglass and increased its load carrying ability. A wood/fiberglass plug was built and a mold produced.
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