Excellent technical link
 

Here's an info-packed page with some basic descriptions of hydrostatic
considerations in hull design:

http://www.selenetrawlers.com/NewSit...taticData.html

wrote in message
oups.com...
Here's an info-packed page with some basic descriptions of hydrostatic
considerations in hull design:

http://www.selenetrawlers.com/NewSit...taticData.html


Will it explain why I puttered through ridiculous weeds 2 weeks ago and 99%
percent of them ended up wrapped around my prop, while 20+ foot boats blew
through them at high speeds and (based on the sounds I heard from shore) got
through the same weed beds clean?

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:21:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


wrote in message
groups.com...
Here's an info-packed page with some basic descriptions of hydrostatic
considerations in hull design:

http://www.selenetrawlers.com/NewSit...taticData.html


Will it explain why I puttered through ridiculous weeds 2 weeks ago and
99%
percent of them ended up wrapped around my prop, while 20+ foot boats blew
through them at high speeds and (based on the sounds I heard from shore)
got
through the same weed beds clean?

The difference is speed - the faster the prop goes, the better the mix
master effect.

I can run the Princecraft slowly though a weed bed and get it all
tangled up, at speed, hardly even notice.

Do you have a shallow water option on your Johnson? I have on mine
and it helps when moving slowly through a weed bed.

My johnson is none of your business, you gay blade.

But SERIOUSLY! It's got a 1/3 up position that's handy for shallow water.
Steers funny like that, but it lets me get through 1.3 feet of water,
according to the depth finder.