Show us your stern

[IntervaleII]

Thank you, we really like the boat.

 

[RBack]

Well, after some hull work during the winter I think its fair to revive the thread with this footage.
Not really proper stern images, but anyway.

 

[Stout]

Drake Tail Chesapeake buy boat

Timely,

Saw this old workboat on display at the Annapolis Maritime Museum today. It is a good looking boat to my eye! Sorry for the side ways pix!

 

[Nomad Willy]

RBack I love your boat.
What size is your rad prop?

 

[Nomad Willy]

Stout,
It’s hogged.

 

[Stout]

NW- yes and slowly rotting in place.

 

[Art]

NW- yes and slowly rotting in place.

Rot's a funny thing. Seems to progress at similar rates of speed in most venue. Including inanimate material objects as well minds, political practices [groups] and religious orgs!

That said... if rot is soon enough realized to be occurring [in or on most anything]... it can usually then be halted and repaired. However... for most things, if rot is allowed to progress too far in anyway - then that baby simply must be thrown out with its own bath water.

Get my drift!! LOL

 

[Nomad Willy]

Stern

 

[HTurner]

Stern

Looks familiar to my Willard Horizon...

 

[rslifkin]

Wide and flat checking in!

 

[phillippeterson]

The last time I mentioned something about "a nice stern" I got in trouble.

 

[Art]

Quick N' Smooth N' Stable at planing speeds... like a powerful tiger! While still able to putt, putt along at slow affordable 7 knot speed... like a tamed kitty cat!

Notice the good size of twin rudders. Tolly maneuvers easily at very slow speed, tracks very well at elevated speed.

 

[RBack]

RBack I love your boat.
What size is your rad prop?

I'm actually not entirely sure at this point.
It was 15x15 but went through some adjustment prior to launching this spring, so perhaps somewhere around 15x14 or the other way around.
Adjustment was done after the photo was taken and I didn't visit the boatyard again until it was launched and I forgot to ask.

 

[Nomad Willy]

Yes 15X15” .. mine 18”X 13".
But my prop is the opposite of yours in that your’s is highly skewed whereas mine is symmetrical. It’s got bodacious reverse thrust but is slightly less for fwd thrust. I would imagine yours to be smoother.
You can clearly see in the pic that the LE is the same as the trailing edge. LE is thicker tho.

 

[RBack]

I had a similar symmetrical prop but a bit smaller. It was old (perhaps even the first prop on the boat 1962) and had seen both rocks and better days. So I ordered a new one from a local prop workshop that makes really efficient ones.
Problem was that the new one was "too efficient", so the boat and engine suddenly got over-propped despite theoretical calculations.
Three (free of charge) adjustments later, we're back at proper rpms and really smooth drive with excellent grip.
The new prop has a bit more useful prop walk as well.

I don't really know if the last adjustment was diameter or pitch... or even both.
I'll ask when they're back from their vacation.

 

[Nomad Willy]

Art those rudders don’t look big to me but I need to focus on the fact that you’ve got two rudders. They do look small to me but of course they need to function at 15 knots or so too.

 

[rslifkin]

Art those rudders don’t look big to me but I need to focus on the fact that you’ve got two rudders. They do look small to me but of course they need to function at 15 knots or so too.

Art's rudders aren't huge (and neither are mine), but both are pretty generously sized compared to a lot of planing hulls and at least as big (if not bigger) than many of the SD trawlers with twins. The picture below gives a better idea of rudder size on my boat compared to a 22" diameter prop in front of it. On my boat, full rudder at ~17 kts is no problem, although it takes some force to get them turned all the way. At higher speeds, full rudder is enough to be sketchy. And at lower speeds, full rudder at idle produces a nice, tight turn, but if I give it full rudder at 6.5 kts, it'll produce a horrible vibration after a second or 2 from the props moving sideways through the water so quickly (and presumably cavitating).

Look at a similar size Sea Ray or other express cruiser and the rudders are typically half the size or even less. The rudder on a Mainship 390 is a little bigger than mine, but only by maybe 20 - 30% (which doesn't make up for only having 1 vs 2). And those rudders are pretty far forward as well, hence the complaints some have about insufficient rudder authority on those boats.

 

[klee wyck]

Half a stern.....

And full stern.

 

[Codger2]

22' Duffy Cuddy

Not a trawler but is one hell of a lot of fun!

 

[Nomad Willy]

Art those rudders don’t look big to me but I need to focus on the fact that you’ve got two rudders. They do look small to me but of course they need to function at 15 knots or so too.

I see your boat Codge. Any boat w a stern like that is a sexy boat and if I had the right water it would definitely be fun. Juneau for example.

 

[bnoft]

Took me a while to get this online,

 

[LarryM]

Not stylish, but serves its purpose. The drop-fin tabs help significantly, and the rudders, while relatively small, are effective and well balanced at all speeds above ~ 6 knots.

 

[FlyWright]

Half a stern.....

And full stern.

Nothing personal, Bill, but your new boat has a big ass. I bet that's one of the reasons why you bought her sight unseen! ?

 

[klee wyck]

Nothing personal, Bill, but your new boat has a big ass. I bet that's one of the reasons why you bought her sight unseen! ?

Al,
She does indeed, perhaps you are right!
I cannot wait to board her...
I think there would be room for all of us and a couple of these to boot.

 

[greatpapabear]

Pic of the stern of our Fleming 55 taken when we were moored in the beautiful town of Treguier, France.

 

[Wayfarer]

Here's Sylphide's backside. Don't tell her I posted this. She's a little self-conscious about it. I find it quite shapely, but she never believes me when I say so. Oh well.