Sounds useable to me.

Just remember that the entire vessel above the waterline will present a
LARGE sail area to winds and consequently in a decent breeze keeping a
course may be very difficult.

I would certainly want to see how the boat handles on a windy day before
buying. Propping for maximum thrust vs speed may be beneficial in this
application.

Butch
"John" wrote in message
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Hi,

Considering a Myacht 43 foot houseboat. It is a pontoon based houseboat.
It
is completely equiped with air, heat, (2) 50 HP 4-stroke engines,
generater,
etc.

Would be based on Lake Marion in SC. Lake Marion is a very large lake
which
is connected to Lake Moultrie, another large lake, and eventually to the
Cooper River which takes you to Charleston harbor.

Looking for comments on using this boat on the Inter-coastal along the
Carolina and Georgia coast line. This would be a far north as North
Carolina and maybe down into Northern Florida.

Thanks in advance,

John

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:59:47 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Just remember that the entire vessel above the waterline will present a
LARGE sail area to winds and consequently in a decent breeze keeping a
course may be very difficult.

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That is true, and docking in a cross wind is also a major issue. My
other concern would be freeboard, especially forward at the bow. I
have seen pontoon houseboats ship water over the bow into the cabin
space with very low wave heights.