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Can you do anything to get a float bottom tin to ride better
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<blockquote data-quote="turbotodd" data-source="post: 379097" data-attributes="member: 7376"><p>back when I had a 1542 flat bottom (vee bow), I tried a foil. Did nothing for ride quality. Planed a little quicker but I did the exact same thing without the foil by using a 4 blade prop-which also ran smoother. Moved the battery and cooler full of catfish to the bow of the boat and that helped a little but slowed the boat down from 27mph to around 22. In my opinion, no matter how hard you try to make a flat bottom boat ride better, there's only so much you can do. The flat bottom jon, in it's inherent design, sacrifices ride quality for stability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbotodd, post: 379097, member: 7376"] back when I had a 1542 flat bottom (vee bow), I tried a foil. Did nothing for ride quality. Planed a little quicker but I did the exact same thing without the foil by using a 4 blade prop-which also ran smoother. Moved the battery and cooler full of catfish to the bow of the boat and that helped a little but slowed the boat down from 27mph to around 22. In my opinion, no matter how hard you try to make a flat bottom boat ride better, there's only so much you can do. The flat bottom jon, in it's inherent design, sacrifices ride quality for stability. [/QUOTE]
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