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Old 03-12-2016, 06:56 PM   #3172
O C Diver
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City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Originally Posted by MurrayM View Post
Really? If you shaved 5' off the canoe stern and squared off its butt, it would be the same length as Slow Hand and be 'pretty much' what you have
Maybe you should look a little harder.

Ok, let's try this again. The boat has a heavy off shore displacement hull. Depending on how it was setup and size of fuel tanks, it could be a passagemaker. The hull is clearly designed for heavy seas and off shore fishing. I have a coastal recreational trawler. Slow Hand has hard chines, shallow draft, and no ballast. It's good for the Carrabean and maybe, if you feel lucky, a trip to Bermuda (700 to 800 miles). Passagemakers need to shed water. While there are plenty of scuppers on the sides, I much prefer the open side decks and stern of a KK42. To me the stern house or whatever it's called, should have walkways and scuppers around and behind it. With a hull like that, it should have house structure like a Romsdal.

That's my opinion; worth what you paid for it.

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