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Hi CaptMike
Thanks for confirming that about the motors. I also had it in mind that the prop selection for reversing capability was an important consideration.
You have a very interesting boat there, and I think we will see more like it in the future.
Your comment about speed with the new 60 Suzuki, made me recall a discussion I had with my father many years ago about speed of displacement hulls and the fact that the speed will get to a certain point and then, the amount of extra horsepower required to make it go faster, gets exponentially more. Called the hull speed. You probably already know this ......
I couldn't remember the exact equation but remembered that it included the square root of the waterline length of the hull, in feet.
Anyway, Wikipedia being what it is, I found the equation and here it is:
hull speed in knots = 1.34 x (sq root of the waterline length of the hull in feet)
So it will be interesting to see if 8 knots is your hull speed or if the extra horsepower gets you a significant gain!
Be interesting to hear the results!
Thanks for confirming that about the motors. I also had it in mind that the prop selection for reversing capability was an important consideration.
You have a very interesting boat there, and I think we will see more like it in the future.
Your comment about speed with the new 60 Suzuki, made me recall a discussion I had with my father many years ago about speed of displacement hulls and the fact that the speed will get to a certain point and then, the amount of extra horsepower required to make it go faster, gets exponentially more. Called the hull speed. You probably already know this ......
I couldn't remember the exact equation but remembered that it included the square root of the waterline length of the hull, in feet.
Anyway, Wikipedia being what it is, I found the equation and here it is:
hull speed in knots = 1.34 x (sq root of the waterline length of the hull in feet)
So it will be interesting to see if 8 knots is your hull speed or if the extra horsepower gets you a significant gain!
Be interesting to hear the results!
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