Re: VDH Hull on Sailfish Boats
I Just had a Wonderful stay at one of the mo$t Ex$pen$ive & Restfull resorts You can visit. While Re$ting I did a lil' & I mean lil' reading ,In the Oct.05 Sportfishing magazine I ran across the ad for sailfish boats.Now that I'm at Home & not in the MOOD to copy the ad or Scan
it here 's a lil' bit of what caught My relaxing mind.
You'll experiance the softest ride with OUR legendary sailfish VDS4 variable deadrise stepped hull, the best performing driest, and most fuel efficient hull in sailfish history. ? Did I read this right ? OK, so I go to their web site. theres mention of the hull a few times thru out the site. The best part is a test report.Just copied the most of it instead of typing.Sailfish news,.....Sailfish 238CC, Boat Test and Review / Feb. 2004 by Tom Marlowe - Thursday, March 18, 2004
When is the last time you took a test ride on a boat, and said “Wow!”? That was my impression when I rode the Sailfish 238CC. This is absolutely the best riding boat in its class I’ve ever been in. Not only is it an outstanding ride, it handles great as well and is as dry as a center console can be. These are some strong claims and we all know that usually if it sounds too good to be true, you know the rest of the story. So, what to give it such superb qualities?
Bulking is the use of relatively inexpensive fiberglass material to achieve stiffness and weight, thereby contributing to the ride quality. I’m sure you can see the drawbacks of this method, again, poor performance and poor economy.
Both of these methods have serious drawbacks, so again, what does Sailfish do to overcome this and make me say Wow? It is in the hull design. . Their design is a laterally stepped hull. This differs from the latest rage in speedboats, that being the hull that is stepped longitudinally, or from front to rear. This is a great way to make a hull run extremely fast, and it does nothing to contribute to tracking at low speeds. The lateral steps do it all. They increase speed by reducing drag, they are stable in all sea conditions, and they improve tracking at low speed, not to mention the softening effect they have on the ride. But Sailfish took the original idea and improved on it. They took the outside edges of the steps and turned them down slightly. This simple change created even less surface contact at higher speeds. Reducing surface contact is the single most important contributing factor in speed and economy, but in this case
I hope gives you a simple understanding of what makes the in the ride department, but what about that uncanny ability to track true at any speed? Those steps going outward on the bottom of the boat also form two very effective rudders on each side of the boat. Anyone who ever fought the wheel trying to hold a true course while trolling baits will love these boats. Those rudders are effective at any speed so crossing boat wakes is as simple as holding a course on the way out to the fishing grounds. Don’t just take my word for it though, take a test ride and prepare to be impressed.
Tom Marlowe
Professional Saltwater Angler & Freelance Writer
Tom Marlowe ? Seems like He may have read & COPIED a few old ads from Seacraft or from this board! Some of the ol' Timers here may remeber a post explaing this some times back.Its amazing how They seem to bash or state that Others cannont build a Hull that will perform in all areas of boating, But tell You They got the design somewhere else ? & Improved it ?I'm sure if I had time to look & surf Their site I would find plenty of Copied data. Finster look thru those ads Your working on.Not only do They have to copy a Hull They have to Hire someone to Copy the eXplanations on how the Hull is built & works! I 've had Lures even My Frenzie name taken changed & it really pSSSSya off. Man0Man get Your on &^$#%^ crap!
Wait till these copy cats get to the Gates of ? & find their on their On !
They've been around for 20 years now & I guess they have to ride on someone else wake to make it.
Time to rest more ! [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
Scream'n reels'
Tug
Had some of the Good stuff highlighted but it didn't work? You can read the copied info
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