offshoredrillin

yes but there is a little more than that, in 2000 mine was the very first vacuum bagged hull at cigarette. so it was as strong, but lighter as they were able to use the resin in proportion, not just rolling it on. my tiger dry is only 11000 lbs so lighter means it doesn't need as much power. also when going to step hulls in the early 2000's everyone was testing diff drive heights and set ups to give the best overall performance. there are many companies that had models that got better with time as they were able to experiment. setting a ctr of gravity is time consuming, i was testing and adding weight when i crashed my 20, 50lbs in front got me an additional 10 mph at 94 an hour before the crash. I may be the only one out there that's not a fan of steps, but i also have a straight bottom that is 90+, every step hull Ive ridden in at top speed felt loose to me at speeds of 90 plus, like the slightest wave was going to cause an issue. I know on the 39s at about 115 the stern tries to swap places with the bow very quickly due to speed and stern lift. the 46s and 50's im looking at are all stepped, so i will have to get used to it.

MonkeySea2

this is a great read. Not that I can afford either but I love to learn about different hulls

ICDEDPPL

Are you the one that got ****ed over with the paintjob?

Unlimited jd

those are total setup issues, not stepped hull issues. If you rig a stepped hull like a straight bottom you can run into this.

offshoredrillin

agreed, thats the point, they changed the hull and were experiencing set up issues. eventually with the staggers, they changed the hull and steps.

offshoredrillin

yup, and fixed it.

1MOSES1

ICDEDPPL

I figured, Karma is a ***** huh

offshoredrillin

you would know....