"James Sweet" wrote in message
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wrote:
Ernest Scribbler wrote:

Ah, but it's got that fabulous barge-like shape that makes it way roomier
than those pointy nosed things they make nowadays.


A salesman of the highest (or lowest) degree. LOL!



As ugly as those barge shaped things are, they really do look rather
practical and to be honest, I'd rather have one than one of the modern
bubble things, but then I like old boxy cars a lot better than modern
bubbls as well. When you want something to be roomy and useful on the
inside, a boxy form is the logical shape to make it.

The trihulls were one of the greatest boats for room inside for lake
boating. As long as the lake was smooooooth. Any chop and the chiropractor
collected.

"Calif Bill" wrote
The trihulls were one of the greatest boats for room inside for lake
boating. As long as the lake was smooooooth. Any chop and the
chiropractor collected.

Mine doesn't do that.

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
...
"Calif Bill" wrote
The trihulls were one of the greatest boats for room inside for lake
boating. As long as the lake was smooooooth. Any chop and the
chiropractor collected.

Mine doesn't do that.


Is yours a cathedral hull tri-hull or one of the later Airslots?

Calif Bill wrote:

Is yours a cathedral hull tri-hull or one of the later Airslots?

Airslot?

is that what a
"semi-V" is?

I'm not familiar w/an airslot.

I know of tri-hulls, and semi-V hulls

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Calif Bill wrote:

Is yours a cathedral hull tri-hull or one of the later Airslots?

Airslot?

is that what a
"semi-V" is?

I'm not familiar w/an airslot.

I know of tri-hulls, and semi-V hulls


Welcraft brought out the Airslot as an improvement on the Tri-hull. Made
the center deeper than the side sponsons.

"Calif Bill" wrote
Welcraft brought out the Airslot as an improvement on the Tri-hull. Made
the center deeper than the side sponsons.

Sponsons? Get outta here with that arcane nautical lingo, I just ride around
in boats, I don't build 'em. The pointy part in the middle sticks further
down into the water than the sides of my boat. This is the closest thing I
have to a head on view of it:
http://www.formulaboats.com/articles...Vintage&id=202 By the time
you get to the back (what you naval architects might call the stern) it's
more or less V shaped, which you can kind of see he
http://users.adelphia.net/~blizzard3...s/loweroff.jpg

I googled "airslot" and didn't find anything that looks much like my boat,
but I did find this interesting tidbit:
http://www.windycitypokerrun.com/formula-racing
Thunderbird was founded by Woodie Woodson in 1956 in the Miami, Florida,
area, producing boats that were exclusively trihull or "cathedral" design.
Decisively proving its staying power and stability, an eighteen-foot
Thunderbird made the first successful sterndrive crossing from Miami to
Nassau in 1959.

I had a friend in the 80s with a tri-hull boat, don't recall the make, and
it was a rough ride like you mentioned in the other post. Mine doesn't seem
nearly so harsh to me, and I doubt that I became any more tolerant of such
things in the intervening years. As I recall, his hull was a lot flatter in
general than mine.