Re: V bottom or Flat bottom boat?
it's a deep V at the bow section and progresses to being almost totally flat across the stern?Seems like the best of both worlds.
On a smaller lake or river it can be. I used to have an 18? bow rider that had a hull with the same design. The problem arises once you are on plane. Since only the rear 1/3 of the boat is actually touching the water, wanna guess what part of the hull she?s riding on?
Also the wind chop on the bays here (Chesapeake and Delaware) tend to have steep faced waves that are rather close together. With enough speed you can skim along on the tops of the waves but it can be a brutal ride and can raise cain with engines and drivelines. I?ve seen a few flat bottomed skiffs here, but they tend to stay in the river arms and coves.
Also commercial shipping and huge yachts frequent the waters around here and can throw some truly awesome wakes. As a matter of fact, last week we were passed by a 50?+ Jaguar (mega expensive Italian yacht) planed out doing at least 35 kts.
We had to drop off plane to take the wake, and even after turning around into the wake and crossing them at a 45 degree angle while working the throttle to take the waves individually, we still just barely dipped the pulpit (which is normally 4? above the water) on the last two waves of the wake.
And this is was in a 24? cruiser with a deep "V" the entire length of the hull! The smaller boats that couldn?t get out of the way had a wild ride over that one.
But I digress, a 20? or larger center console or walk around with a lot of freeboard would work great for most of the area.