Cook Inlet tides in the 5-8knt range are real fun. Then throw in some following seas while trying to navigate the Kenai river mouth! The rudder...
I hear the advice about being attentive at the helm. What about however, something focusing on the narrow entry of this hull. Would a bulb bow...
Mike, How are these different than rolling chocks? I could do something like this myself as I used to build glass ocean going sailboats. I'm...
Bummer, I just passed along many years of back issues of PB. I'll have to see if they are available online.
Any idea what issue of PB had the article on the rudder?
Great stuff guys! Yes, the engine is under the cabin sole with the tranny right below the cabin bulkhead. The boat does have a very tall mast with...
Are you talking about something vertical under the boat like fins? I was wondering if this hull would benefit from stablizers (it came with them...
That describes it perfectly! That's why I was wondering if somehow adding some mass/width whatever in the bow would prevent the "submarining". I...
one owner says he is usually able to "outrun" the following seas but then wouldn't that put you in a situation to bury the bow into the wave that...
I recently purchased a mid '70's 40'x11' fiberglass Snowball gillnetter. The SB hulls have a reputation of being a handful in following seas. The...
thanks for the Thrust doc, interesting data. I'll give all this some thought and see what my options are.
I commercial fish in Alaska each summer in a shore based gill net fishery (set netting). My current work skiff is 23' x 8'6" built heavy in...
