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Old 08-15-2014, 03:41 PM   #15
MartySchwartz
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Originally Posted by manyboats View Post
Hull extension?
Yep, I think a hull extension is what it would take, like what these guys do. I have seen other yards in the PNW who will do hull extensions like that as well. The ones I have seen have basically added a big lazarette but it could just as easily be fuel tankage. I thing a hull extension would actually increase the buoyancy so it would off-set the fuel weight. I dunno, I am not a naval architect so you would have to talk to one of the yard that actually do this kind of stuff.

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