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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1973 SmokerCraft 16' V hull [Major tasks completed - 6/1/11]
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<blockquote data-quote="bluegrasser" data-source="post: 211677" data-attributes="member: 4652"><p>thanks for all the very nice comments!</p><p></p><p>Haven't been on here as much recently because I have actually been fishing and boating - imagine that, getting to actually USE the boat I've been working on for 5 months.</p><p></p><p>Was up on my favorite trout river in central Kentucky. The boat did great.</p><p></p><p>I have added a hydrofoil on the motor's cavitation plate and that really solved my porpoising problems. Got it GPS clocked at about 31 mph. I don't know if the hydrofoil subtracting any off my top-end speed (a normal complaint according to things I've read) because I never got a chance to test my top-end before putting the foil on due to porpoising. So, I guess I'm pretty happy with the result of stability and better planing.</p><p></p><p>Here's a shot beached on a gravel bar below some rapids on the trout river. My friend is fly casting in the background:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yngpjyScPW0/ThHZZRi6KdI/AAAAAAAACJI/05VQtP2RKIE/IMG_0589.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks again to everyone on this site for all the advice and project ideas!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluegrasser, post: 211677, member: 4652"] thanks for all the very nice comments! Haven't been on here as much recently because I have actually been fishing and boating - imagine that, getting to actually USE the boat I've been working on for 5 months. Was up on my favorite trout river in central Kentucky. The boat did great. I have added a hydrofoil on the motor's cavitation plate and that really solved my porpoising problems. Got it GPS clocked at about 31 mph. I don't know if the hydrofoil subtracting any off my top-end speed (a normal complaint according to things I've read) because I never got a chance to test my top-end before putting the foil on due to porpoising. So, I guess I'm pretty happy with the result of stability and better planing. Here's a shot beached on a gravel bar below some rapids on the trout river. My friend is fly casting in the background: [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yngpjyScPW0/ThHZZRi6KdI/AAAAAAAACJI/05VQtP2RKIE/IMG_0589.JPG[/img] Thanks again to everyone on this site for all the advice and project ideas!!! [/QUOTE]
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