She is reinforced so much so I feel they added foam to offset the big block motor placing the outboard motors on her she should balance about...
I feel she will plane like a lobster boat with a wide shallow aft she should pop up quickly I've done the numbers and she should plane around 12 knots
There was some issues under the foam but nothing that was very deep most of it was surface reaction to salt water I'm having the hull sand blasted...
I feel like the bow will drive into and above the water I agree she may be pushed with following seas im hoping with almost 2 thousand pounds down...
I have spent weeks diging foam out of the boat and everything I've read says a boat this size does not need floatation foam
Here is the way I found it
I'm not sure of anything lol the paperwork states that it was built in navy shipyard #2 in 1958 Here are some stern pictures
Hello I have a 1958 aluminum prototype brown water river boat. It's a 26ft/8.5 meter semi displacement hull. It's a one of a kind odd boat that...
