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Being knew to this type of boat, I am curious. What kind of beating can these hulls take? Is there a point where you have to worry about actually breaking something in the hull itself or the driveline.

Is this a hijack? Sometimes I can't tell!

My answer is the hull and driveline can take more then the passengers or the finer items in your boat.


Will the boat hold together? Yes.

Will items beak staying on plane in 2 foot waves in a short chop? Yes. Any person items not secured can break. Anytime I’m hearing the boat come down with a bang I’m going to try to lessen the impact. We have had wine glasses break, items fall, people fall, etc.

Do I care about my boat, my kids comfort? Yes again.

We went 9 MPH most of the 15 mile trip except when we followed 2 larger boats for a bit.
 
Being knew to this type of boat, I am curious. What kind of beating can these hulls take? Is there a point where you have to worry about actually breaking something in the hull itself or the driveline.

Is this a hijack? Sometimes I can't tell!
So you'll have people say "The boat can take more than you can" to which I say hog wash. If your boat is "pounding" on the waves, you need to back it down so it's not. If you beat the boat with pounding it everywhere, you risk getting cracks in the tabs holding the bulkheads in, cracks in engine mounts, etc as time moves on... No mater the wave height/sea conditions, the boat should have a "smooth" motion and you have to slow down most of the time to get there. Have a rule of "NO POUNDING".

My 2 cents.

PS. Don't listen to WOT Wayne as he is a lake boater and the biggest waves he has seen are from his fat girlfriends jumping off the boat into the water.
 
PS. Don't listen to WOT Wayne as he is a lake boater and the biggest waves he has seen are from his fat girlfriends jumping off the boat into the water.
:smt043 . :smt043 . :smt043 . :smt043

Gary, I don't date ladies that have bigger underwear than me !!. :smt001
 
I've seen bigger on Lake George on the St. Johns River........I say 1 1/2-2 1/2, and deff. Larger on the Chesepeke Bay.:grin: Tuck the drives in and a little down tab and "Let R Rip", but nice and slow.....
 
It doesn't make them bad girls does it ??. :grin:

I'm at 120#'s as of right now and going downhill fast. :smt021

Gary, I'll see you in either places. :smt001
 
GoFirst...Those are ripples for you on that yacht
WetPaint, they weren't exactly ripples, but the boat hardly responded to them. Here's a video I shot as we were passing through that area. The waves didn't push the bow up and down much at all, but the bow did move laterally some. That was caused by the various angles the waves were running. At that time we were running against the current and had a strong wind on the stern that caused the waves to stack up more than usual.
[video=youtube;Z0DAz2BfH5M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAz2BfH5M[/video]
 
WetPaint, they weren't exactly ripples, but the boat hardly responded to them. Here's a video I shot as we were passing through that area. The waves didn't push the bow up and down much at all, but the bow did move laterally some. That was caused by the various angles the waves were running. At that time we were running against the current and had a strong wind on the stern that caused the waves to stack up more than usual.

[video=youtube;DzfayPLk0_o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2U00288 [/video]
Everytime I click on one of your videos, I get the message "This video is a duplicate of a previously uploaded video" and no play!
 
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