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HA TARPON TOM
JOHN B COULD BE ONTO SOMETHING THERE ABOUT THE GEAR AND THE NO WAKE ZONE ON YOUR BOAT. I REPLACED MY GAS TANK AND NOTICED THAT THE ORIGINAL GAS TANK WAS LAYING ON A PIECE OF ½’ PLYWOOD THAT WAS NOT LAMINATED ON BOTH SIDES. THE PLYWOOD HAD CAVED IN AND THE TANK WAS NOW RESTING MOSTLY ON THE HULL OF THE BOAT. WITH A VARIABLE DEAD RISE AND A GAS TANK SITTING (ON THE NATURAL COUTURE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL) YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE BOW LOWER ANGLE TO THE TANK. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WATER SITTING IN THE BILGE FORWARD OF THE TRANSOM THAT’S FROM THAT SAME BOW LOWER ANGLE ON A VARIABLE DEAD RISE BOAT. I ALWAYS HAVE HAD A LITTLE CONCERN FOR SOME OF THE GUYS THAT ARE PUTTING A LOT OF FLOTATION ON A BRACKET THAT MIKES THE STERN OF THE BOAT HIGHER THAT THE DESIGN WOULD WARRANT FOR THIS SAME REASON. WHEN I REPLACED MY GAS TANK THE STRINGERS AT THE FRONT OF THE TANK WERE 2” TO 4” TALLER THAN THE STRINGERS AT THE REAR OF THE TANK WHICH ALSO INDICATES THIS VARIABLE DEAD RISE. DON’T GET ME WRONG I LOVE SEACRAFT BECAUSE OF THE VARIABLE DEAD RISE BUT THERE CAN BE SOME OTHER PROBLEMS FOR THE DESIGN THAT STRAIGHT 24 DEGREE BOATS DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
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