Brownie

I assumed you meant the economic part of it I was just checking.
I also thought that you had mentioned the Donzi was a 7 metre in a previous discussion but the numbers didn't work out on the conversion for me .After looking at these pics I put 2 and 2 together and got that you tooled up a longer version for your Nova and changed your lift strake configuration .

Not trying to be an azz kisser but the unique style of the large windshield wings and the bold flared look of the bow on the Nova makes it my favorite boat.Even though Wellcraft made an icon of the design I lost interest after they changed the windshield design , kinda like after they took the tailfins off the Cadillacs.

T2x

Thanks for the feedback on the Delta .

The Early European boats to me were always a curiosity .

I have not viewed them in many years but after going back and looking at the pics of Levis boats it makes me wonder how they carried the bows so well ,especially being that most were fitted with surface drives. There does not seem to be an exaggeration of rocker in the hulls that would suggest that was providing the lift. I do see that a number of Levis boats have heavily notched transom but many don't and still seem to carry the bow very well.I can understand the chine walk problem due to the narrow width though.

One more question for you design guru's

Why can you not run the lower lift strake all the way to the transom on something small like a 18 Donzi. At speed the hull is already on the last 3 feet of the bottom. To me this would seem to steady the hull and give something for the hull to ride on to eliminate chine walk.

I know i ask to many questions.

Brownie I better get with you on that book so you guys can get on to other things.

And some more Levi designs

Some more of Levi

Levi high speed cat .

300 feet and a 100 knots.

Man oh man I love that cat!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! That thing is so gorgeous, it should be illegal.

T2x

Yea that thing would be outrageous wouldn't it.300 feet moving at 100mph

I especially like the way its wake mimics a vee bottom monohull........... :p

100 MPH? I couldn't imagine how much power would be required to make 300 feet go 100 mph. It probably couldn't carry enough fuel to travel out of sight distance from the fuel docks.

Better yet.. 100 Knots = 130+- MPH ??

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Originally Posted by tommymonza
Levi high speed cat .

300 feet and a 100 knots.

Man oh man I love that cat!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! That thing is so gorgeous, it should be illegal.

I don't know I was looking at that also. It might be a 3point or something.Brownie probaly knows.

Couple pics of another Levi design that has the same transom look.