Okay, I get that vertical elements on strakes and clean crisp edges on the strakes and chines will keep water from wrapping around to the next step up on the hull surface resulting in reduced wetted...
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Okay, I get that vertical elements on strakes and clean crisp edges on the strakes and chines will keep water from wrapping around to the next step up on the hull surface resulting in reduced wetted...
I would have thought so. "Z-Plane" is a good name for it!
I'll concede that Walwork's design doesn't have what we would think of as "normal" or "traditional" strakes which have both horizontal and vertical elements. But why would the lack of a vertical...
No. I'm toying with different ideas, including having a glass hull laid up onto which I can build a wood deck. Very '60s "SK style."
Whatever I build though, I'm going to have to buy my wife that...
Wofgang, I'd have to disagree. Since the purpose of lifting strakes is to provide a (more or less) horizontal planing surface to lift the boat higher out of the water than it would normally be,...
Cool pic, Ray. So it looks like each half of the bottom consists of three longitudinal steps in lieu of a flat surface with strakes. I wonder how much the steps overlap each other.
Eric
Thanks for the insight, Ray. Yeah, I wouldn't expect the Mark 78 to push it very fast because after all, it's only supposed to make 70hp. I'd guess the aluminum boat would be quite a bit lighter...
Got the motor today. Thanks to Tom from the Fiberglassics site!
Eric
This is the Raveau I like as far as layout and overall design, but I'd rather my boat have a more modern looking angular bow like the bow of the C7 utility raceboat in the bottom pic. BTW, can...
I like this hull. How long is it, and could it handle a Mark 78A?
Eric
Okay, so I just bought an inline 6 Merc Mark 78A that I'm going to restore. I want to build a low profile 16' plywood runabout to hang it on.
I like the 16' Raveau, and would like to build...
Hey, all. I'm buying a vintage 6 cylinder Mercury OB from a guy in Chetek Wisconsin, and I need to get it to me here in NYC.
Any possibility of someone headed in that direction who could pick it up...