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Boat tail bullets are pointed or Truncated cone which a large hollow point is not.
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HORSEFEATHERS.
"Boat Tailed" refers to the back end of the bullet. While a pointed bullet does make for a higher BC, so does a ..... ahem,
boat tail ..... two different design features, both decreasing the drag coefficient of the bullet.....
It is true that most (if not all) boat tailed rifle bullets have pointy noses (though many are pointy
hollow point: "Open Tip Match" ring a bell?)..... but to say a hollow pointed bullet can't have a base that is narrower than the bullet shank is ignoring the fact that the XTP IS a hollow pointed boat tail. The bullet base is a smaller diameter than the shank..... this increases the BC of the bullet, and (I think more importantly) reduces the amount of bullet in contact with the barrel, reducing the coefficients of starting and sliding friction (See, Dr. Lutful Mannan, I
was paying attention in Physics Class!)....