short boat wide beam?

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  2. thudpucker
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    thudpucker Senior Member

    My experience:
    As a commercial fisherman the short wide boat was a good deal.
    Pounding is a function of the sea and the speed of the boat.
    If you like that boat get it!
    Every boat ever made is a comprise of some thing or others.
     
    thudpucker, Feb 7, 2010
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