--- On Mon, 10/22/07, bpotter wrote:
> From: bpotter
> Subject: Re:25 ft SeaCraft
> To: "William BARBER" <
[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, October 22, 2007, 9:28 PM
> Hi Tim,
> Please tell Strick he has the best riding SeaCraft we ever
> built. It is not a boat for someone who doesn't know
> how or doesn't want to use trim tabs and the power trim of
> the IOs or outboards to get the most out of the hull
> design. The boat has the deepest V (25degrees) of any
> SeaCraft and, due to having no lifting strakes, it is more
> sensitive to "leaning" in cross winds and from weight shifts
> while on plane than other SeaCrafts and other deep
> Vs. BUT, it is like flying an aerobatic
> plane, if you know how to use the trim you can set that boat
> up to run through anything you have the nerve to be out in
> with remarkable comfort and safety. AND, because of
> the Variable Deadrise Hull design it is a very stable
> platform at rest or at trolling speeds. I wish we had
> a recording of the story a guy told us about his run from St
> Croix to St Thomas during a major hurricane flying through
> and off 25 ft and larger seas in the dark! Pigs don't
> fly!
> Best regards,
> Bill Potter
> ps A SeaMark twin Fiberglass Bracket and properly
> positioned and operating trim tabs would be my
> recommendation unless he is going to go with a big single
> diesel duoprop stern drive or smaller twin duoprop
> sterndrives. ( Duoprops minimize torque roll)