Difference in Dead Rise
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Hypothetically the 24 degree will be better in the rough. The 23 degree deadrise will bounce unlike the 24 while will "cut". It'd be more helpful if you listed the boats considering many boats have changing deadrise's throughout the bottom.
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All things being equal – which they rarely are – the 24 degree hull will cut through rough seas marginally better than a 23 degree hull. But, you need to look at other factors too such as degree of entry (some boats actually have more deadrise near the bow), whether or not it’s a variable deadrise (some boats have differing amounts of deadrise as you go from keel to outside chine) or if the boat has a pad keel. All of the above factors and more affect how a given hull rides in rough water.
So, from a theoretical standpoint, the difference is probably pretty small. From a realistic standpoint, the difference could be huge.
So, from a theoretical standpoint, the difference is probably pretty small. From a realistic standpoint, the difference could be huge.
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Toostroked is correct. One degree of deadrise is marginal and other factors such as width of lifting strakes and chines and other design factors will have more of an effct on rough water handling. They are both Deep V's. The Bertram 38 Comps have a 20 degree deadrise and they could run side by side with the Cigarettes in open class racing back in the day.
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Hope this helps.
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I was looking at Advantage 32 Victory boats, all have 23 degrees and Shockwave Magnatude boats, all have 24 degrees. I heard that both are decent in the rough.
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Noticing your location, I'm assuming that you'll be running the boat primarily on inland waterways. That makes a big difference. If you were running on the great lakes (like me) or more importantly on ocean or gulf waters, deadrise and all of the other factors that have been mentioned here become much more important. On inland waterways, 1 degree of deadrise isn't going to make that much difference.