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Lloyd Sumpter
 
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Default How Small a Boat for a Small Number of People? -- FollowUp

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:44:30 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

Lloyd wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:15:27 -0800, jaykchan wrote:

With the help of info that people shared with me in this newsgroup, I
have found that the _smallest_ boat for 4 persons in a boat is 18-ft,
and I have already got it in my driveway


Hmmm... I wonder how I managed to survive having 4 people in my 14-footer
all those years...

Lloyd Sumpter
"Dave" Walker Bay 8 (seats 3 in a pinch)



Your people are smaller than his?

How much freeboard in that WB 8 when three are aboard? 1"?


Actually, freeboard isn't the problem (there's lots of it): it's balance.
Not bad once everyone is in, but if you put someone in the middle, then
someone in the back, the transom goes under before the third person can
get in the bow. And so on...

Lloyd


 
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