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Location: north central wisconsin | Macintosh - 4/4/2013 1:50 PM
Is a sponsoned v-hull the same as a trihull? I googled it, etc, and I still cant tell if there's any difference.
I have an older sponsoned v(Ozark), a poor mans tuffy. Also had one of the first rangers(a little 14' river cruiser my friend now owns), and it is a true tri-hull. The Tri hull 'wings' if you will, come down even with the keel, so it is very stable, but does 'plow' water a bit more than the sponsoned v, where the side 'wings' don't come quite as far down as the keel moving from front to rear, so the boat rides along on plane as if it were a v hull, but at rest or in waves, is afforded the stability of a tri hull type structure. Someone with a more hull savvy can clear up my terminology.
Edited by Reef Hawg 4/4/2013 3:03 PM
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