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Originally Posted by natecert
Received email from Hugh today and was well.............some what surprised in the response. Well he quoted 12-15K for a marine architect to help with the specs I requested. I respect the man/legend IMHO. But the buck must stop at some point, after all I am a lowly HAVC guy.
Regarding 2/3 water breaks away from the hull I get it. But not under standing "lbs of vbeing able to pick up 3000 lbs of vbeing able to pick up 3000 We also discussed external transom mount bait wells and following the contour of the hull. Follow the contour and make the rear of them with 1 or 2 degrees negative"
I'm not the smartest bow entry in the water but you lost me here.
Ed
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It takes a certain amount of horse power to provide enough forward momentum to lift a planing v-hull out of the water. With the water breaking 2/3's of the way back (indicates hull riding higher, water breaking closer to the bow indicates hull riding lower) he was surprised that an 18', 3000 lb v-hull,(my full load weight is around 3000 lbs) could ride that high pushed by only 150 hp. In other words, The hull design of a SeaCraft provides tremendous lifting characteristics. Hope this explains it a little better but don't expect too much from a dumb ass concrete finisher!