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    Never seen this hull design

    Pretty unique hull bottom .........
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    I've heard that type of hull called a "cathedral" hull. I have no idea how well they work.
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    Looks like you get a deep V at slower speeds and then trap air at higher speeds
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    Kind of a variation of a mod vp.
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    Interesting. Do you have a bow shot too?
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    'Cathedral hull ' ? ? Does that even barely resemble the stern of, say, a 13' Boston Whaler ?

    And there's many cathedral hulls that at the stern could pass for a very shallow Deep V .. but that thing is waay out there ... Yes , a bow shot would be useful .
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    Now that's a hybrid .
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    Yup, looks like a mod VP on a big scale....
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    Thanks for the second pic. Now that IS interesting.

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    Boat could be a Kachina, (if memory serves me correctly). I remember researching one like that. Hull design seemed slow compared to similiarly powered V's and Cats.
    Why is faster never fast enough.

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    It would have to have enough power to go fast enough to trap air and gain lift. It looks an awful lot like my old Hydrostream Vegas XT but a whole lot bigger! If underpowered it is nothing more than a tri-hull.
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    It is a 2005 Hallett and has a 525EFI in it currently.
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    THIS TYPE OF HULL WAS BIG BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEN THE SHADOW CAT HIT THE MARKET. They may have been faster than a Vee hull but never caught on.
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    Virage Also built one very similar. If I recall they built it around the same time. If you could get the hull to pack enough air it would dangle.

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