Characteristics of a rough water boat?
11-01-2012 | 12:54 PM
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11-01-2012 | 02:03 PM
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11-01-2012 | 03:45 PM
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I have a Scarab III and it only has a 23 ° hull but yet rides amazing in rough if the dead rise is so important than what makes it such a great wave crusher? Its massive weight? I'm not saying it is near a cig in ride and its not fast at all mid 50s. But just curious cause on paper it doesn't look all that appealing.
11-01-2012 | 04:01 PM
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sutphens. They're the only boat on the market (that I know of) with a 26 degree V and are superb rough water boats.
To the "bonded" versus "glassed" deck debate: When I was a kid we had a one-year-old 272 Formula, followed by a two-year-old Sonic 33 SE. After one year of running the Formula, the cabin was coming to pieces, the deck was ripping off in spots (this after re-tightening the screws) and the gas tank was leaking. The Sonic was run just as hard for several years without issue and ended up with a pair of Hawk 650s. I like Formulas and the Sonic was quite a bit longer, but there's no question that a fully glassed deck is a huge advantage. Land our '78 Sutphen off a wave and the deck hatches don't even rattle. There aren't too many new boats built that solidly and never mind 35-year-old boats!
To the "bonded" versus "glassed" deck debate: When I was a kid we had a one-year-old 272 Formula, followed by a two-year-old Sonic 33 SE. After one year of running the Formula, the cabin was coming to pieces, the deck was ripping off in spots (this after re-tightening the screws) and the gas tank was leaking. The Sonic was run just as hard for several years without issue and ended up with a pair of Hawk 650s. I like Formulas and the Sonic was quite a bit longer, but there's no question that a fully glassed deck is a huge advantage. Land our '78 Sutphen off a wave and the deck hatches don't even rattle. There aren't too many new boats built that solidly and never mind 35-year-old boats!
11-01-2012 | 04:10 PM
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Hi Dave, so you found out what a huge difference there's between the 35 and 42 Fountains,hah. My buddy has a 35 with 600's and he was blown away by how much better the 42 performed in choppy and rough conditions.
11-03-2012 | 09:45 AM
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If you were going to have a boat built new, would you tell them that you ran boats a bit harder than many others and wanted it built a little "beefier" with more bulk heads and things like that or.....
