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Old 07-26-2013, 04:53 PM   #150
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Besides the FACT - - > That: Every individual configuration in a hull WILL make it react differently with water it travels through and the sea conditions it encounters while traveling or at stand still; as well as speeds it travels, weight on boat's superstructure as it gets buffeted by winds, and a myriad of other of the boat’s entire-design/natural-conditions/weight-load-area factors/pilot’s-capabilities!

Traveling along in most midsized pleasure cruisers at a bit below (4 to 5% below) mathematically calculated hull speed is usually just about the most fuel efficient rate of travel - IMHO

Every person who owns or often pilots a particular boat has learned (instinctually “knows”) what is correct speed for their boat (if they have more than one brain cell that is – lol). In addition there are many who are absolutely locked into belief that their D or SD/SP or P hull design are simply way above the other hull shapes... well, all I can say is each to their own!

Bottom line as I see it is if any one of us likes our boat and she handles well enough to please us – then we should be pretty darn happy! This is (trawler) pleasure cruising after all!!

PS: If the hull and boat do not please us then we should either not purchase that craft – or, if we already own it – as Barnacle Bill the Sailor might say – Dump the Bitch!
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