Salt water vs Fresh water
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Salt water vs Fresh water
Who has had their boat in boat salt and fresh water and noticed a difference is speeds.
And can you attest that it was not due to altitude differences?
And can you attest that it was not due to altitude differences?
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Re: Salt water vs Fresh water
I bought a 330 Sundancer several years ago that was a salt water boat. On an inland river (90 miles inland/ freshwater) the boat sat almost 2 inches lower in the water. Don't know speeds, but it has to make a difference.
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Re: Salt water vs Fresh water
I saw no real difference in Salt vs. Fresh. Salt is more bouyant but it is also denser. One of the magazines hashed this out a couple years ago. Temperature, humidity and altitude seemed to be much bigger factors.
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Re: Salt water vs Fresh water
Mine was a tad faster in salt, but I could definately feel the more bouancy of the SW in the handling of both of my boats.
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Re: Salt water vs Fresh water
Originally Posted by Donzi38ZX
I saw no real difference in Salt vs. Fresh. Salt is more bouyant but it is also denser. One of the magazines hashed this out a couple years ago. Temperature, humidity and altitude seemed to be much bigger factors.
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Re: Salt water vs Fresh water
I've found temp , humidity , and altitude make more difference than salt/fresh which seems to be little to nothing in mine.