What does a step actually do??
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What does a step actually do??
I'm trying to figure out what stepped bottoms do for performance and how it works, can anyone explain how this step or multiple steps works?
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Essentially the steps introduce air bubbles under the hull, decreasing friction and making it stick to the water less by decreasing the surface tension. Kind of like lots of little ball bearings between the hull and the water.
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Okay I get it, hence the problem of stepped boats not being so safe on hard corners at high speed?
Actually let me rephrase that; taking corners much differently with a stepped boat.
Actually let me rephrase that; taking corners much differently with a stepped boat.
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There are at least 3 threads on this subject over the past couple years. Do a search.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=175826
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=167920
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=37856
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Do that in any step V-bottom and you are beginning to lift the aft end of the boat out of the water, increasing the potential for the aft end breaking loose, and increasing the chance for something to happen that you have not planned for.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, you leave the step V-bottom trimmed out when turning, and need to know how to turn the boat.
Tres Martin's class teaches all of this.
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