Ferm, its still for sale

[spareparts]

we used to run a 233 Formula to the Georgetown hole and back, including a full day of trolling, running out at 22 knts, back in at 24-26 knts. Three fat fisherman, full load of ice and beverages on the way out. Full load of fish, less ice and a whole lot of empty cans back in. It had twin Volvo Aq 151 I/Os. We would burn around 80-85 gals(had a 90 gal tank). Total trip was about 225-250 miles. We would have burned a little less if we played with the hull some more, our Formula was an early model made for running fast, we had to put large tabs on it to keep the nose down(lots of drag). Later models had some hook in the hull, Albermarle took it one step further by adding even more hook or using a jackshaft to move the motor fwd. If we had kept the boat, I would have added wedges to the bottom to bring the nose down without so much tab, it would have really helped that boat at teh speeds we were running

[Monkey Butler]

Originally Posted by spareparts

we used to run a 233 Formula to the Georgetown hole and back,

I still have it in the back of my head to get one of these hulls and make it my ultimate fishing boat. You seem to be very familiar with them so mind if I bounce a few questions off you?

The hook? I never knew that. What years had it and how much and where was it?

You mentoned adding wedges. I understand that but how would that work in conjunction with tabs? Or would you then leave the tabs off?

I have heard that the 23's with brackets don't run that well. can you confirm this? If moving the motor forward as in the Albemarle made the hull better then I would asume that a bracket would be bad. I have a photo that I posted here before of a 23 with a flotation bracket that popped the chines out of the water. It look custom but I just wonder if that would work good while running?

Comments?