On Aug 10, 12:22 am, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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On Aug 9, 11:23 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

It has to float or they would not conform to USCG regs and I can not
see a manufacturer that big getting away with it any other way.
However, this particular boat being over 20 feet, it does not need to
float level. Personally, I would be surprised if in a configuration
such as this, they did not design it to float level anyway.

Over 21' does not require flotation. My 21' boat is foamed under the floor,
but the builder does not foam the new ones. He stated, that with an inboard
engine, the only part of the boat above water will be the nose. So saves
the weight of foam and the mess if you need to get under the floor.- Hide quoted text -

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Floating with the nose up, is floating according to the CG. Anyway,
under 20 feet it has to float level, over 20 not.