Apparently you and I have very different experiences. I guess that's OK. I see some plywood structures that last. I see some that have...
I agree with Viking, well put. Personally, my experience is that plywood, or other uses of wood for structure, result in pain and suffering for...
The trip across Florida Bay is in very, very shallow water. Think an inch deep to a few inches deep. Seems to me that everything about "heavy" is...
A boat I raced on had a plywood deck with glass skins, west epoxy, awlgripped. The original builder was very well respected, and the owner could...
I'll reply this evening, I'm really busy today.
I'll stand by my comments, but I respect that others may disagree. Its a complex trade space. Initial cost is often a big deal, aesthetics are...
Wood should never be a structural part of a boat. When (not if) water gets in ther, the structural properties go away, and its very expensive to...
Very cool!
I find ultra light displacement (D/L << 100) race boats very safe blue water boats. Not what I would live on, but they will get you around Cape...
I think you have provided a lot of good items for a "Best Passagemaker" but I think you've gone far beyond "Minimum Passagemaker."...
http://continuouswave.com/cgi-bin/crouchcalc.pl A stepped hydroplane, as the referenced boat, could hit 50 even at a total weight of 350 lbs....
I think catamarans are a great way to go, but they are more than the minimum. Let's all agree that "minimum" means minimum cost to...
At displacement speed, a semi-displacement or planing hull consume about twice the fuel as a displacement hull. Lots and lots of data support this...
Just got back from a month in the Caribbean: Stuart FL to Antigua via Bahamas, VI, etc. Too much stability is a bad thing: leads to rapid...
Looks like a simple way to improve high speed performance. A more efficient and high tech approach would be to use one or two horizontal foils...
This statement is perhaps the most directly on the mark so far.
OK, so just to clarify: the title of this thread is "Best Inside Passage Trawler??" If the intended use is to cruise TO the Alaska Inside Passage...
I think the reason a planing boat CAN POSSIBLY be more efficient than a trawler is if the planing boat is substantially lighter than a trawler....
Drawing of 60x7.5 "Standard" Found it
Tom, you are clearly correct. As mentioned earlier, the limit to trailering is more about weight than length. Perhaps the real touchstone...
