Hull Shapes----Show us your girl's bottom

[Moonstruck]

This is mainly for Eric, who is a student of hull shapes.* This is the bottom of Moonstruck.* She carries a 16 degree deadrise to the transom.* This is great for following and quartering seas.* Gobs of power and a sleek hull shape makes for fast cruising.* There is nothing semi-displacement about this hull.



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[Codger2]

Moonstruck wrote:
*This is the bottom of Moonstruck.** This is great for following and quartering seas.* Gobs of power and a sleek hull shape makes for fast cruising.

*OK, Don....That's about enough!* :steaming:


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[dwhatty]

Dear, get off of that copier!

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[Nomad Willy]

Well here's the whole banana. Wish I could of taken those jackstands down.

Ready to get back in the water.

And haulout after several years w $250 gal bottom paint. Not bad considering.

 

[Moonstruck]

nomadwilly wrote:
Well here's the whole banana. Wish I could of taken those jackstands down.

Ready to get back in the water.

And haulout after several years w $250 gal bottom paint. Not bad considering.

*That's a nice, round, smooth bottom on your girl, Eric.* Not bad at all.

Very efficient.

*

PS:* Just used 6 gal. of $250 bottom paint.

 

[skipperdude]

Hey Eric,

Have you ever run over any bow pickers gil nets.

I was coming into Eshamy bay and the place was full of bow pickers with cork floats and nets all over the place. With the light fading fast I couldn't see some of them. I almost ran right over a string of floats.*

I see there little tenders for the seiners with the skeg just drive over the nets. (They look like bathtubs with a motor.)

*Wondered if your boat would do the same.

That prop looks well protected.

SD*

 

[markpierce]

The Coot doesn't mind showing its bare*bottom.

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[Keith]

Before and afters.

 

[Moonstruck]

Mark, I hate to say this, but those hard chines at the steel transom makes your girl a little hard assed.* She probably makes up for it in other ways though.

 

[markpierce]

Moonstruck wrote:
Mark, I hate to say this, but those hard chines at the steel transom makes your girl a little hard assed.* She probably makes up for it in other ways though.

*Don, hard is fine, especially if it is ample.

 

[healhustler]

A Manatee (at least from the waterline down) is voluptuous and curvy. *You couldn't find a flat spot on her anywhere other than the keel. *These were from the last bottom paint.

 

[Besslb]

Here she is....and found out today for sure, she is safe and sound!!!!

 

[healhustler]

Besslb wrote:
Here she is....and found out today for sure, she is safe and sound!!!!

*That's great to know! *She's one of the good ones, and it would have been a shame to see something happen to it.

**I Photoshopped the shadow out of this shot of Skinny Dippin so we could see the hull shape a bit better.

 

[Moonstruck]

Besslb wrote:
Here she is....and found out today for sure, she is safe and sound!!!!

*Great news.* I heard today from another Sabre owner that took their boat to River Dunes.* They said all was well with all boats there.* I have another Sabre owner at Spooners Creek below Morehead City.* Still waiting to see how he came out.

 

[Besslb]

Here's another with the tape still on..

 

[Moonstruck]

Besslb wrote:
Here's another with the tape still on..

*Bess,

It looks like the fine bow woud be good in a head sea.* The reversed chines and flair should deflect spray.

 

[Moonstruck]

healhustler wrote:
A Manatee (at least from the waterline down) is voluptuous and curvy. *You couldn't find a flat spot on her anywhere other than the keel. *These were from the last bottom paint.

*It was hard to tell beause of the black bottom paint, but is that a slight cup near the rear of the hull?

 

[healhustler]

Moonstruck wrote:healhustler wrote:
A Manatee (at least from the waterline down) is voluptuous and curvy. *You couldn't find a flat spot on her anywhere other than the keel. *These were from the last bottom paint.

*It was hard to tell beause of the black bottom paint, but is that a slight cup near the rear of the hull?

*Hmmm. *I don't think so, by "cup" you are referring to a slight reverse curve downward. Definitely a lessening positive curve right up to the transom, but no cup. *Let me see if I can find a shot of someone else's boat with some lighter paint.

 

[Besslb]

Moonstruck wrote:Besslb wrote:
Here's another with the tape still on..

*Bess,

It looks like the fine bow woud be good in a head sea.* The reversed chines and flair should deflect spray.

*Hmmm......yes and no.* She handles*very nicely*in a head sea, she tracks well.* (Tom will argue, watch)* But in our chop on the Neuse, we still get a good spray.* Once, on our move from Carolina Beach back to the Neuse, we actually took*spray on the flybridge!* But it's the*Neuse, it's choppy!

 

[Moonstruck]

Besslb wrote:Moonstruck wrote:Besslb wrote:
Here's another with the tape still on..

*Bess,

It looks like the fine bow woud be good in a head sea.* The reversed chines and flair should deflect spray.

*Hmmm......yes and no.* She handles*very nicely*in a head sea, she tracks well.* (Tom will argue, watch)* But in our chop on the Neuse, we still get a good spray.* Once, on our move from Carolina Beach back to the Neuse, we actually took*spray on the flybridge!* But it's the*Neuse, it's choppy!

*Yep, been there a few times.* If there is any place that the chop is nastier than the Chesapeake, it's the Neuse.* I had a neighbor and customer that was the commanding general Cherry Point MCAS.* His home was straight in from the Pamlico.* He said that he rebuilt his sea wall 3 times, and was glad to move to Signal Mountain.

In a short chop with especially a side wind, nothing I know of will hold down spray..

 

[bobc]

Mike wrote:
The bottom of the little DeFever looks like my avatar.

Mike, I don't know if your little DeFever is a 34, but here's a picture of mine.

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[Woodsong]

Keith- you've got/had some blisters my friend!!
Here is Living Light. I do wish they had carried the keel further aft to better protect the shaft. Someone may know why that was not a good reason???

 

[Woodsong]

Eric (or any other hull student!),
Let's compare Bobc's defever 34 and my monk 36. He seems to have rounded chines whereas I have hard chines. His keel goes further aft, etc. What do the differences in these two hull forms tell you about performance of each vessel, cruising speed, etc.?

 

[HopCar]

I've really been enjoying this thread. These are the best bottom photos of Possum's bottom I have on my home computer. I think I've got a better one on my office computer which I'll post tomorrow.

Healhustler, did you know there is a big old hole in the pointy end of your boat? Damn I want a thruster.

 

[Egregious]

Woodsong wrote:
Keith- you've got/had some blisters my friend!!
Here is Living Light. I do wish they had carried the keel further aft to better protect the shaft. Someone may know why that was not a good reason???

*Check the rare Monk 36 Twin: yes the shafts are long but if you're going slowly the keel will bump before the props do.* I know from experience.**The hull is semi-displacement because I can raise the bow and wake quite a bit at*top speed.* She wants to get on a plane but I don't have the HP.* For the record I go 7.5*most days.*



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[Delfin]

Tee Hee....

 

[Nomad Willy]

Hope this thread never ends as the most interesting part of a boat is her hull form especially aft. Now that I've seen the DeFever 34 hull I would really like to have one but visability from the lower helm is bad enough to turn me away. Same w the Willard 36. Most of the boats I really want now are wood. Keep the tushes coming.

 

[healhustler]

HopCar wrote:
Healhustler, did you know there is a big old hole in the pointy end of your boat? Damn I want a thruster.

*Hopcar: *I see you've photos have you over there at Spencer's place. *I'm sure they'd be happy to throw one in for you. *Nice boat though.

 

[KJ]

My girl's bottom - very soft - very round - lot's of maintenance

oops -- wrong bottom!!

 

[Marin]

Nothing remarkable about a Grand Banks hull-- until recently they were all the same regardless of size or model.* Designed by Kenneth Smith in the early 60s this configuration has served well through the mid-2000s.* Provides decent efficiency with low-powered engines (FL120) but with higher power in the larger boat sizes can be driven to cruise speeds of 17-18 knots.

Photos were taken a few years ago during an every-two-years haulout for bottom paint.* On this occasion we also had the props removed and completely reworked which is why they're missing in the photo of the blocked boat.