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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 11050" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>From those videos, it seems you stepped a lot more gingerly on the 3/4. </p><p></p><p>Now, looking at that video, with the 3/8s, your stern is heavier. Now, seeing as the bow deck is larger, when you put the 3/4 in, it balanced out that heavy stern. Now, where were you planning on putting your batteries, what kind of trolling motors do you have (bow, or transom or both) and are you planning to put an outboard on? </p><p>If much of your weight is in the bow (batteries, trolling motors, you etc) I would go with 3/8. If you are planning on an outboard (in which you will be driving from the stern) you will probably want the 3/4s, unless you have a lot of weight up in the bow, that you don't during the test. </p><p>Trying to get a stern heavy boat, with a mediocre amount of power, to plane, isn't easy. For example, if I had stick steering in my 12 footer, (so I would be in the bow) so that more weight would be forward, I am fairly confident that my 4 deluxe would plane it. Right now, my top speed is a fair amount faster than the hull speed of my boat, but the bow is out of the water, and I don't have enough stern lift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 11050, member: 55"] From those videos, it seems you stepped a lot more gingerly on the 3/4. Now, looking at that video, with the 3/8s, your stern is heavier. Now, seeing as the bow deck is larger, when you put the 3/4 in, it balanced out that heavy stern. Now, where were you planning on putting your batteries, what kind of trolling motors do you have (bow, or transom or both) and are you planning to put an outboard on? If much of your weight is in the bow (batteries, trolling motors, you etc) I would go with 3/8. If you are planning on an outboard (in which you will be driving from the stern) you will probably want the 3/4s, unless you have a lot of weight up in the bow, that you don't during the test. Trying to get a stern heavy boat, with a mediocre amount of power, to plane, isn't easy. For example, if I had stick steering in my 12 footer, (so I would be in the bow) so that more weight would be forward, I am fairly confident that my 4 deluxe would plane it. Right now, my top speed is a fair amount faster than the hull speed of my boat, but the bow is out of the water, and I don't have enough stern lift. [/QUOTE]
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