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Doug,

Beautiful hull. I see the flat spot you mentioned very clearly. I saw your other post and the work looks great. If you look at the rear view of my dad's boat you will see what I meant by the back being flattened. The v is not as deep as a true SeaCraft. In the late 70's-early 80's when the Yellowfin 24' was designed they molded the SeaCraft hull and built the rest as you see on my dad's boat. SeaCraft somehow got word of it and a lawsuit was mentioned. The boat was originally referred to as a 24' SaltWater as the first local company was called SaltWater Specialties. In order to avert the law suit they had to change the hull design (as the story goes) by 15%. They hired someone from the mainland to make a new mold with the v flattened in the back for added stability. As a result the hull became much faster.

On my dad's 26' you can see that the variable deadrise doesn't come all the way back. It fades out about midway down the hull. I believe that is what lent to the back sliding around in big following seas on the 26' straight shaft boats. As time went on the local fishermen wanted a larger boat and the 26' SaltWater/Yellowfin was born. Same modified 23' SeaCraft but stretched to 26'. The newer hull my father and I are rebuilding was modified again in the early 90's. They remolded the original 26' hull and made the chines come all the way to the transom to hold the water better. I'll get some photos of that hull up as time allows. That project is under way now and the entire interior has been demo'd and the flybridge separated from the cabin. This hull has the sponson molded onto the hull. Earlier boats had a wooden sponson bent and glassed onto the hull like my dad's first 26'. Let me know if some mainland boats have a sponson as I am curious about that. Thanks, Greg