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Newbie with a question about Jon boat length to plane
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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 458062" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">A 16' flat bottomed boat presents a lot of usable planing surface and will not take much to plane off. Good choice for a low horsepower boat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Planing ability and overall speed vs planing surface are two entirely different issues and many get them confused. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">In order to plane a boat you will temporarily displace more water than when up on plane, the extra planing surface a 16' hull provides vs a 14' hull will help out. Assuming the overall weight is the same the 16 hull will displace the same amount of water but over a wider area, Pretty easy to understand.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Now, when up on plane drag on the surface area increases more rapidly on the 16' hull over the 14' hull so you may not get the top speed the smaller hull would provide. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">The 16' hull allows better options with weight distribution as well, will take more horsepower, provides more room to fish, etc. You did well with your choice of boats. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">In a previous post someone was comparing a V-hull in that length. Two entirely different boats as the water is displaced differently than that of a flat-bottom hull.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 458062, member: 3278"] [size=5]A 16' flat bottomed boat presents a lot of usable planing surface and will not take much to plane off. Good choice for a low horsepower boat. Planing ability and overall speed vs planing surface are two entirely different issues and many get them confused. In order to plane a boat you will temporarily displace more water than when up on plane, the extra planing surface a 16' hull provides vs a 14' hull will help out. Assuming the overall weight is the same the 16 hull will displace the same amount of water but over a wider area, Pretty easy to understand. Now, when up on plane drag on the surface area increases more rapidly on the 16' hull over the 14' hull so you may not get the top speed the smaller hull would provide. The 16' hull allows better options with weight distribution as well, will take more horsepower, provides more room to fish, etc. You did well with your choice of boats. In a previous post someone was comparing a V-hull in that length. Two entirely different boats as the water is displaced differently than that of a flat-bottom hull.[/size] [/QUOTE]
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