KamaII

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Interesting stuff, Strick. A lot between the lines when I think about mine.

I never noticed either chine walk or port lean, but mine is a duoprop that should eliminate the lean and I almost never run fast enough to chine walk. I wonder if those two are connected? It does want to porpoise a bit when light, as bigfluke noted somewhere else.

Love the ama idea for stability at rest, but how much drag does it add? Should be quite a bit, but with his engine hp, who cares.

I wonder how our single V8s compare with his calculations of CG. CG going from 27 to 37 should change the CG point about 2 feet (i think). Going from a double six to a single v8 should be about 6-700 lbs less in the stern, moving the CG higher by a substantial degree, but I don't know how to do the calculation. Blue Heron, any help? I know mine doesn't have much bow rise to get on plane, especially when loaded heavy.

Big Flukes boat is HEAVY, I figure mine light is at something like 1000 lbs lighter than his and 7500 lb is a huge load. He must have a whole bunch of those pig weights.