Jesse James

when your boat is at rest how far below the waters surface is the top of your cavitation plate?? also what type of boat...no exacts neccesary just a ballpark...

thanks

Jesse James

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40FlatDeck

Man, I would have to check. We use them to sit on when we are floating... Less than a foot I would guess. Let me look at some pics and see if I have some that show it.

glassdave

iTrader: (1)

been wondering the same thing myself. Measured many boats through last summer and came up with a pretty broad range pending hull type. Cat Vs. Vee Vs. staggered Vee etc.

Jesse James

I should have been a little more specific......with the drives tucked all the way in and at the trailing edge of the plate......

thanks

BradH

There are so many variables it would be hard to get a uniform response.

Why are you interested?

Sydwayz

iTrader: (1)

+1

Not sure what the purpose of the excersize may be here. At rest can very greatly even in one boat, due to passenger load, fuel load, beer/cooler load , and ballast tanks...

... not to mention one boat compared to another of same make/model that might be made of kevlar vs. C/F vs. fiberglass vs. resin; as well as traditional layup vs. vacuum bagging; etc. etc.

Then comparing different boats and types (Vs/Cats/manufacturers/lengths) would produce a WIDE spread result here.

Are you looking to develop a swim step that bolts to the cavitation plate?

Or possibly developing Hydrofoil available at West Marine and Wal*Mart to improve the performance of your VI boat?

Coolerman

the top of our drives (tie bars) are right at the top of water when just sitting. (drives about parallel with bottom of boat.

Jesse James

I have an idea on tight quarter, slow speed manuverability........would it be a safe bet that most are at least 8 inches below the waterline?
again not looking for exacts just a ballpark......most of our boats around here are still in dry dock...

Coolerman

I would say most are at least 8" below the water line