To Vent or not to vent. That is the question.

[pelican]

The chines deflect the waves aft of the forward vent. Those vents are just below the rub rail and if by chance your(you should not be) in seas that are so rough that your burying the nose of your boat so far into the sea that they are scooping in water your are in deep Doo-Doo regardless of which way they are facing

ain't that the truth...

aft vents taking water while backing down ?? the vents are slightly below the rub rail-if you've got water up to that point,you're sunk-literally !!

gotta have hull vents brother...
"tuna meltdown",he's got it right-a center console,you fight a big fish from the bow-angler's in the bow-cappy's at the helm,you can see what's going on-let the fish pull the boat-boat's run better when the pointy end's moving forward..."back down" ? what's that ?