Please teach me something

[Terry England]

Scott, I've been running these boats since the mid-70's and I'm still trying to figure out how they do what they so well. It seems like as the variable deadrise "panels" change angle at the reversed strake they break the adhesion from the water that the continuous deadrise hulls have. Seacrafts seem to want to get up and dance across the surface rather than plowing a slot where ever they are pointed. The entry at the bow on the center panels is as deep as any 24 degree hull, then the Seacrafts seem to "manipulate" the water better as things go aft. While boat builders in the early 60's were trying to figure out how to style the fins on the gunnels, Carl Moesly was taking his aeronautical experiences he learned flying and applied it to hydrodynamics. His boats dominated the 500 mile Miami to Nassau races for a decade with the little Seacraft outboards. And nobodys built a boat with prettier hull lines - ever. Regulator will eventually go the way of Alim, Hiliner, Sea Bird, Aztec, Aquasport and Islander, but there will always be SeaCrafts at the ramp - with fish in the coolers.