V20 Vs. Bertram 20

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

Ferm - I think the Bertram Barron was 28 degrees.

I know it was one of the 20 footers had the ridiculous 28 degree V to it. Could you imagine being in a drift with a following sea and a 28 degree V bottom.

[bigshrimpin]

Barron with the crazy dead rise was longer . . . I think 28 ft or so. The 20's were 24 or 25. I'm pretty sure. Hi liners are almost identical to the 20 Bertram. They are a later more refined hunt design . . . With 2 strakes instead or 3. Rumor has it that the conch 27 was a bigger version of the hiliner 222 hull with some tweaks.

[bradford]

Bertram Barons came in 20, 24, and 28 foot lengths.

Conch 27s have 22.5 degrees.
http://www.randrboatworks.com/conch27.php

That's a great deal on that Hiliner, Bigshrimpin'!

Love classic style V hulls!

[THEFERMANATOR]

I believe teh CONCH was built off of a FORMULA 233 copy with some SEACRAFT transom design with multi stage V bottom. It was a unique hull design from down in the keys. I haven't seen but one or two myself, but I know they were very popular guide boats in south Florida.

And the BERTRAM 20 BARROn is a DEEP V sucker.

Heres one running at speed. Look at how much of the V is out of the water.

[bigshrimpin]

[QUOTE=THEFERMANATOR;213395]I believe teh CONCH was built off of a FORMULA 233 copy with some SEACRAFT transom design with multi stage V bottom. It was a unique hull design from down in the keys. I haven't seen but one or two myself, but I know they were very popular guide boats in south Florida.



Ferm - my grandma's neighbor John Harding owned edey and duff in Mattapoisett. Conch 27 is an original hunt design . . . Has zero influence from formula or seacraft. They sold the conch molds to the guys in fl before closing the doors. 20 Bertram is a beast. You might be right about the little baron. I have seen a 28 baron in San Rafael, ca and dead rise is ridiculous.

[spareparts]

didn't the 27 Seacraft has some ridiculous dead rise? I think I saw one near Jacksonville, NC. I was riding down the road and my "seacraft" radar went off, I could see the trademark running strakes, but the boat was huge and the dead rise was excessive.

[bigshrimpin]

Spares - The 25 seacraft seafari has a 25.5 degree deadrise it's crazy too.

http://www.classicseacraft.com/Seafari25.htm

Navatek LTD in Hawaii spent 5 years and some ungodly amount of money tweaking the hull design on the 25 seafari to develop their 9meter SAM Unmanned Surface Vessel.

http://www.navatekltd.com/sam.html



This is a Utube video of one of the test boats loaded down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln3Y1A_RNCM


I got one of these sitting behind my house now . . . : ) Waiting for a motor ( and my kidney stones to quit )