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2 Die in Local Bay Boating Mishap
On Apr 23, 6:23*pm, Harryk wrote:
Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:57:23 -0400, I_am_Tosk *wrote: In , says... On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:47:37 -0400, Gene *wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:14:17 -0400, wrote: I_am_Tosk wrote: Yeah, my Brockway is 7 feet wide, and 16 feet long, But being open it is all floor space. It's great for one and ok for two... Any more than that is just too crowded. As to handling our old Colombian was 20 feet and not too bad in a chop, but it had a real small cockpit so for crusing it was ok for 4, fishing, two was crowded... Does yours ride like this one? http://tinyurl.com/2cjhrxo That really looks like the loading ramp at Lake Jocasse.... and the weather looks almost as threatening as the last time we were there..... Poor guy needs to learn how to load a boat and trim an engine.... Yes, both. * The boat is actually doing what it is supposed to do, just needs more weight in the bow and a tad more down-trim on the engine. * My brother and I had a flat bottomed skiff like that on Lake Ontario when we were kids. * We had a big slab of limestone that we'd put in the bow when going out with only one of us on board. *It would plane out at 16 or 17 mph with just a 7 1/2 hp Merc. What the boat really needs is the proper sized engine for hull speed, which is what it is designed for. Not a big engine like this guy (and mine) to make it plane... Hull speed !? That's trawler talk for when you need to get 70,000 lbs of boat from point A to point B without using a king's ransom in fuel. * ;-) Small boats are meant to plane - it's just a lot more fun. Flat bottomed lightweight rowboats don't need a lot of power to get on plane.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Flat bottomed lightweight rowboats are not meant to get on plane at all idiot... |
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