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On Sun, 08 Oct 2017 23:51:10 -0400,
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On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 22:58:52 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

In my mind it's how easily and quickly the boat will drain excessive
water taken over the bow. A cabin covering the bow is best because it
allows the least amount of water to get in the boat in the first place.
A center console I think is next best because there is less of a barrier
on the deck for the water to reach the scuppers. A bow rider, in my
opinion, is for flat water or near flat water boating because it's
design usually results in people sitting in the bow rather than back in
the cockpit or around the helm station, exacerbating the potential for
taking a "greenie" over the bow or worse yet, as Greg mentioned, burying
the bow in a wave.

I took pictures of waves breaking over the flight deck on my ship.
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Any boat can take waves over the bow under the right conditions. The
key thing is to understand the limitations of your boat and stay out
of dangerous waters. Boats and people are lost in Florida every year
because they fail to appreciate the risk of breaking inlets, sudden
thunderstorms, the Gulf Stream, etc.

Another risk, boats lose their stability and capsize easily when full
of water because the center of gravity changes.

The thing we found out about the "self bailing" boat my neighbor had
was they become self sinking as soon as the scuppers go under.
The internal floatation was holding it right where the gunwales were
awash. Being a bow rider, pumping it pout was not really easy. They
were trying buckets when I got there (next to me in that basin). The
problem was if it tipped just a little it filled back up again. I got
my 3" pump going, two of us held the boat steady as the water was
coming out and after we got to the point that the scuppers were above
the water line it popped out, self bailing.
Then we did the old "save a sunken Yamaha trick" and got it going.
This was caused by rain faster than the scuppers could drain it out so
I am sure catching a big enough wave could do it.