Just Bob
Veteran Member
I'm curious to hear how many of your boats are effected by water depth and by how much. This is assuming hull speed for displacement boats. At what depth do you notice the difference and how much speed do you loose or gain?
This is our first displacement speed boat and this winter was our first of full time cruising, having kissed that 40 hour/week nonsense adiós last year. We've run in every conceivable condition over the winter from open ocean to turning up mud.
Yes I've factored currents into the equation. With no current we cruise comfortably at about 8 knots in the ocean and if we get into anything less than about 20' of we loose about 1 knot at the same rpm. We draw 5'
Is this typical?
Thank you!
This is our first displacement speed boat and this winter was our first of full time cruising, having kissed that 40 hour/week nonsense adiós last year. We've run in every conceivable condition over the winter from open ocean to turning up mud.
Yes I've factored currents into the equation. With no current we cruise comfortably at about 8 knots in the ocean and if we get into anything less than about 20' of we loose about 1 knot at the same rpm. We draw 5'
Is this typical?
Thank you!