Thanks - These comments are very helpful. This is a private marina (all 40, 50 and 60 ft wet slips) that has been in service for a few years with...
I am drafting rules for our neighborhood marina. We want a rule that limits the lenght of a vessel in a slip to avoid overloading the floating...
Back to Basics: How about this long narrow (although not planing) hull? - the Winsom Pedal Launch....
PAM has soft chines, a vertical stem and a large concave pad just forward of the transom to provide lift. At speed she ran pretty flat with her...
OK - I just read the rest of information available on the PAM on the web site I posted. I notice that she was almost derilict in Ft. Lauderdale...
If you go to (http://www.jclass.com/charter3.asp) and scroll down to PAM you will see the boat my friend used to own that started this thread....
Several years ago I had a friend who owned a 62 foot "commuter" built in 1926 in Detroit. She had a planing hull with an 8 foot beam. Originally...
