92 Baja Bandit. Baja tells me boat came in 15 degree dead rise at transom or 20 degree dead rise at transom.

Defference seems to be in Bajas reported top end figures for the boat.

15 degree = 72mph

20 Degree = 66mph

What does this mean and how can I tell what my boat is?

In real simple term, flatter bottoms go faster, deep v bottoms handle rough water better with less pounding. With the boat sitting level. measure the angle between the horizontal and the bottom of the boat. Use a protractor and level or contruction level angle meter, or do some measuring and trig.

It seems most old school boats like Apache's had up to 26 degrees....Cigs and Scarabs etc..had 24 degrees...and some 23 degrees like 250 Novas....24 seems most widely used averall.

Are you sure an Apache has a 26 deg hull? It is afterall a stretched 24 deg Cigarette.

I can tell you this That 15 degree bottom will pound your brains out in anything less then flat water

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Triple 900's

I made an offer of 250k for the keck of it...they walked said it is in "brand new' shape..right.

They told me this one was a 26 degree hull.

Anything less than 23 degress pounds...you truly need 24 degrees .

Walgreen, Not to argue here but my 23 Nova has like 18* or 20* dead rise. It's a very comfortable ride in 1 to 1 1/2 foot chop up to +,-70 mph gps. 2 feet plus and things start to get a little bumpy.

Boat weighs 4000 pounds so the weight might help some.