Best for rough seas?
 

What build are best for rough seas? I keep hearing about cigarettes, mid nights and apaches. What are your top builds for rough seas? Mono hulls only. No cats

Apache

6 min 30+ separates Apache from the others in the rough - Epic footage.....( I think Apache can take sea's that the human body can't, at least for long!).

Modern stepped hulls run a lot faster on less power but with big power the Apaches run hard & fast

No wonder I can’t find a project apache hull to save my life

Wasn't someone on here parting out a 47 Fountain recently?

We talking about apache 😂😂😂

pretty sure Haulover inlet broke one.........:D.............and looks like YTown42X purple haze

https://www.google.com/search?q=apac...id:MFRU31q_Vo4

The best thing for rough seas is a your a$$ planted on a bar stool:kiss: Save your body and your boat.

First off - big sea running is for endurance racing, wackos and those that have never been out in big seas for extended periods of time. That said, if you want a boat that can run comfortably in true 3-4s and handle the big stuff when needed, here is my humble opinion.

Apaches and 42+' Cigarettes are true wave crushers but heavy and require a lot of HP to run over 90mph.

I own a 38 Donzi ZRC (purpose built sit down / no cabin) and have no doubt that it is the best overall V bottom ever built. Comparing it to all others in the 36-45'+ range, nothing compares to it. The boat runs a legit 110 with 700hp reliable motors, flies level and true, and is all fiberglass so it rides smooth. Yes Outerlimits, will be faster and can handle rough seas, but the ride quality can't be beat in my ZRC.

Appreciate your input

I have a 42 outerlimits legacy. Its awesome in the big stuff and super stable.

For a rule of thumb, there are some things in general that make a boat good in rough water.
Longer length
Heavier weight
Narrower beam
More deadrise
More stringers and bulkheads

The Whaler in the video did just fine....get one of those hahahaha

I would absolutely put a 42 outerlimits in This conversation

Just about any full displacement hull over 50 feet will be a nice comfy ride,,,, slow but what the heck.

I found most don't like to run in rough, everyone talks about how good their boat is but get over steady 3's and no one likes to. (always big holes in there).

Its never fun for the crew.

Are we talking Lake Mead or Lotto rough ?

One quick look back and you'll see if they're having fun, 95% of the time they're not. If I wanted to run in the slop I went out alone or with a hard-core buddy that loved it.

46 Cougar

I heard Mead was like going to the train station.


Sorry, I’ve been binge watching Yellowstone the last several nights.

Jim darr?

uss new jersey

They all break in rough sea's, even Apache's. Any race built boat with extra bulkheads will hold up better than a pleasure version.

Like 5 ft seas

Like 5ft seas

And which boat build you would say possess alot of all of these features?

I'm like you guys - if it's rough, I'm staying home. If I get caught in some bigger seas, I'll survive, but don't want to be there.

I have a 42 and it gets very small in the Bay very fast.

Some cargo ship end up sinking so...
no matter what size, you might find the sea too rough for any size boat!

I'm staying in, call me what you want but real 5s were never fun for me, in that 47 Apache it would be but for boats in the 30s I just turned around. Your passengers will not have fun unless they're hard core... Even then how much off that could they take?

Give me an nice sunny day, light wind chop to loosen the water up and a 1-2’ swell to launch off every so often and im
in heaven. Big water gets old, quick. Young man’s game.

Young man’s game “re: dumbass”.

LMFAO....I think we've all been there.

Yes we have and I revisit occasionally.

I agree with you 100% buddy

Im young

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Surfers have a better understanding of wave height.

^^^ That is absolutely true.

sutphen

there's a nice project 39' in texas for sale

Go get ya some. And you don’t have to be racing to tear $hit up. Years ago we broke both outboard mounting brackets on a brand new 246 World Cat running hard on the way home from fishing in the Gulf. Didn’t lose the outboards but came close.

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47 Apache would be my first choice

I believe its my friends old boat.