Pretty unique hull bottom .........
Pretty unique hull bottom .........
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
I've heard that type of hull called a "cathedral" hull. I have no idea how well they work.
Maddy's Daddy
L.I.,N.Y.
Looks like you get a deep V at slower speeds and then trap air at higher speeds
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
Kind of a variation of a mod vp.
Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland
Interesting. Do you have a bow shot too?
"I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction
'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 .
Just because something's old doesn't mean you throw it away !
2005
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
Now that's a hybrid .
Just because something's old doesn't mean you throw it away !
Yup, looks like a mod VP on a big scale....
Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland
Thanks for the second pic. Now that IS interesting.
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"I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction
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.
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.
Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland
It is a 2005 Hallett and has a 525EFI in it currently.
1972 16 OB - C16B-63 - "Surface Tension" Resto Project
1974 16 OB - DMR16106017-B - "The Mule"
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.
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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