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"Stepped Hulls

The concept was originally proposed by Rev. Ramus of Sussex England in 1872. He proposed both a single stop with tandem planing surfaces, and a combination of three pontoons with one forward and two aft. Indications are that these shapes were derived from model tests. Unfortunately, the heavy steam power plants of that day could not push a hull fast enough to plane, and take advantage of the new concept.

As early as 1906 there were published drawings for small stepped hulls with hard chines. William Henry Fauber [8] obtained a U.S. patent for hulls with multiple steps in 1908, but could find few people in the U.S.A. interested, so he moved to Europe.

Two small boats Solair (12') and Flapper (15') demonstrated the potential of stepped hulls as did the Harmsworth challenger Pioneer (5 steps) in 1910. (See Data Chart, Figure 12.)

The stepped hull began practical development about at the same time as the hard chined planing hull. A step in the bottom of a hull, raises part of the bottom surface so that it is no longer touching the water. Less wetted area. At the same time, the planing surfaces meet the water at a near optimum angle of attack over a wide range of speeds. The stepped hull is very efficient hydrodynamically."


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Garfield Wood "Gar"

Hey nonothin - aren't you the same little boy teenager who's daddy supposedly bought him a condo and also claims to own an 05 Fountain? You slipped up on a different thread, you referred to boat as "ours" - In boating lingo it translates to "daddy's" .

Grow up you wanna-be.

Point well made jassman I do just have an opion, maybe I do come across in a bad way and Im sorry. I would like to earn some respect so I would to just to start out sayin hey hows it goin nice to meet you and my name is Chad so whats up. Is that your OL in your picture? Because if it is it looks bad ass man.

Thanks Sharkeymarine.

And for you Cmg ours whatever I made a mistake. And as far as you go you arent anything either so kiss my ass *****. I can be cool to who I want to be and Im not a teenager *****.

How do you know all that Sharkeymarine?

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen Also Tnothin Vettes Are Very Sucessful In American Lemans & Once Again They Are Cool Everyday Sportscars But They Are In Fact A Big Fish In Alittle Pond & If You Would Like To Compare Them To Ferrari Then They Will Need To Step Up To F-1 As For The Stepped Bottom Hillbilly24 Might Very Well Be Correct One Thing Is For Sure It Was Not Reggie Or The Fiores If You Care To Talk To A Legend Such As Larry Smith He'll Tell You About Biulding Race Boats In The 70's With Stepped Bottoms & Also Think About A Scarab Called The 5 Boat That Had Everything Reggies 76 Boat Wanted Also Remeber That Don Johnson & Chuck Norris Raced Boats For The Fun Of It & Still Won There Share Of Races With Reggie Also Competing. Fountian Or Corvette Didn't Invent Racing They Are Just Competetors That Has There Success Noted In The History Books & Thats The Bottom Line!

Well said I agree. But Corvettes do race Ferris in Le Mans they are more factory cars that people can buy. But yes Corvettes are not in the F1 class. In fact I dont even think any American cars race in F1. And yes the bottom line is having fun and competing that is what is all about. Heck I enjoyeed just goin out on my Buddys Ski Centurion the other day. I believe the sayin goes: anyday on the water is better than anyday at work, no matter what boat your on.

didn't a DB9 lap Fellows and his dominant C6-R at sebring and win the GT1 class? and who are they competing against? Nobody else is pouring money into GT1 like Chevy is.... GT2 has more factory support than GT1 does... i could care less either way, i watch F-1....

Yeah that was the C6-Rs first race ever and they have won the last two. And they lap everyone in GT 2 class. But thats cool F 1 does have the best drivers in the world and is more fun to watch I can say that.

i would hope they lap GT2 class, i just think that is a more competive class with most of the factories supporting teams in that class... GT1 has turned into some one off teams running around (vipers, saleen, db9) running against a couple of factory teams and last years factory cars....

Chad,
I used to build boats.
I raced OPC as well as Offshore.
I had my hands in everything from 13 foot Vee Bottoms to 36 foot catamarans.

Sometimes I wish I stayed with it due to how the technology has changed over the years.

Occasionally I get offers to come back to jump in on laying up a hull that is being vacuum bagged at a custom boat builder's shop that I used to sub contract for. If I ever get some free time, I just may do it.

Here was a few boats that I raced: