New here and need some info - Chincoteague scow frame spacing

[philSweet]

It worked out well enough. It still had too much rocker to hit top speed of the engine when running light, but you could carry a ton of stuff in it, and when it blew, which was all winter, we would be the smallest craft out oceanside tending traps. You were required to pull your crab traps every few days or face fines. And bayside just didn't yield crabs like these.

You can see the half-floor grate I used. You can also see the amount of warp in the deadrise, which is too much for this amount of power. It should to be more prismatic - less deadrise midship and more deadrise aft. This was better suited to 5 hp and 6 knots than 20 hp and 15 knots.

 

[DE waterpirate]

Thank you all for the wealth of info! This group is proving to be a friendly and welcoming bunch for a new old guy. I did a redraw today and the model is half complete. I am liking the results so far. I shifted the dead rise in the bow and reduced the taper to the bow by a bunch. My memory and the reality of design had a brain fart on the first one. I am posting a pic of the drawing, hope it is legible to you all. Pics of the model to follow. The article said that the bow shear started at two thirds the length. My current design moved that to the three quarter length. Let me know if any of you see any glaring flaws or suggestions.
Thanx in advance
Eric