Why outriggers do not solve a tumblehome hull

Could outriggers improve a wooden tumblehome warship design?

No clear benefit is identified; the outriggers add structural complication and can undermine rather than improve stability.

The discussion first separates tumblehome in a hull's side profile from a wave-piercing or inward-cutting bow. Wooden construction can produce sides that narrow above the waterline, but it does not behave like a modern metal wave-piercing form. Adding outriggers then forces loads back into a structure already shaped around its own stability and buoyancy pattern. Rather than curing the design, the extra members introduce complexity and potentially new instability. The speakers correct their initial focus on the bow and return to the structural question posed about the hull itself.