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"JIMinFL" wrote in message
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Hi Wiz,
Just so you know; all boats built after 19?? and under 20 feet are
required to have level floatation built in.
Those boats won't float the powerhead though. A Whaler will.



Not necessarily true. Any number of outboard boats have enough
flotation properly placed to float the boat and its powerhead.

Bayliners? With I/O's?



The powerhead in an I/O typically is lower in the hull than an outboard
powerhead might be, and that might improve the boat's chances of
remaining afloat, if awash, assuming it has sufficient flotation.

I have seen capsized Whalers in my lifetime. They're floating, but upside
down. You put two 500-pound outboard powerheads on the stern of a big
Whaler, flip it, and then tell me it righted itself. Doubtful. If it is
awash and in heavy seas, it might flip.

Yes, they could flip. My brother took a huge rogue wave over the bow of
his 18' Outrage while 18 miles from shore. The boat filled right up to
the top of the gunnel with water. He said that the boat became very tippy
for a moment, but the engine remained running and he just powered forward,
the bow popped up, and most of the water rushed out the large notched
transom in the back. That's one of the reasons why I'm a fan of the older
Whalers with notched transoms. You don't have very long before a swamped
boat flips, so you need to get that water out in a hurry. Throttling up
is the quickest way to do it.




The problem is when the whaler gets in a situation where it quickly flips.
Friend earlier this year was trying to unstick a crab pot when a large wave
flipped the boat. 6 hours later, the three guys were luckily seen and
rescued just before dark. They were sitting on the bottom of the boat. The
handheld VHF was at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. We probably see more
whalers flipped than any other boat off the West coast. The Whaler owners
believe all the advertising quoting the safety of the boat. And they go out
when it is inappropriate.