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Old 05-01-2015, 10:41 PM   #13
Nomad Willy
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City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
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I think you guys are missing the mass of this boat. You can't easily think of it as a 34 foot boat. She's lighter than Willy, two feet narrower than willy and 4' longer. With a minimally submerged transom and some rocker that that implies going over displacement speed (7.5k) will bring the bow up. With any head sea at all those on board should experience a through pounding.

I think his speed projections are very realistic.

Poor fwd visibility would eliminate this one for me. However the pounding flat bottom would make the aft helmsman's position a plus.
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