Captbill
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We purchased a Mainship 400 T, two years ago and find that the wave slap, at anchor, is terrible. We are considering a change of boats and we're curious if the Rumrunners and Pilots are quieter?
Ear plugs would be cheaper than changing boats.
Yes, sometimes that slap is annoying, sometimes it doesn't happen. Sometimes it even happens in a marina slip. You might try running a fan or quiet music to cover up the sound.
We've gotten used to it.
We purchased a Mainship 400 T, two years ago and find that the wave slap, at anchor, is terrible. We are considering a change of boats and we're curious if the Rumrunners and Pilots are quieter?
A friend on a '77 mainship 34' filled the chine with foam and glassed over it for the 8' long section or so that creates the slap. He said performance of the boat was unaffected since the boat never goes over displacement speeds anyway. I got used to it on my old boat, current boat has no hard chine, so no noise.
I am hoping that present or past owners of the Rum Runner or Pilot will respond. This is not my first or second or third, etc. boat but it is the noisiest by far. Still looking for the perfect boat.
Don,The Mainship Pilot series is much more like a lobster hull with no hard chine at the bow. I had a Pilot 34. You can still get slapping against the hull. They do, however, have a very wet ride. To knock down most of the spray I installed two 13' sections of the Smart Rail System on the waterline. One on the starboard, one port. They didn't increase the noise very much.
Don,
Did the rails knock down the spray enough to justify the expense and trouble of installing them?