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| I have a 2002 mr pike 17, single console. As near as I can tell it functions as a sail on a windy day. At one point Sunday I looked down at my GPS...I had trolling motor off, and the wind was blowing me a sustained 2.5mph sideways. Hard to maintain a tight line or fish slow in those conditions.
I think what Im hearing is that the ultimate weight of the hull does NOT have as much to do with how it drifts as the shape of the hull does? So, a lighter boat that sits lower in the water due to the shape might actually drift less than a heavier boat that catches the wind more? Is it a given that a glass v-hull that's "the same size", and the hulls weigh very close to the same, will sit lower and therefore drift less in the wind than my boat? Seems like the typically convex curves of a tin boat versus the concave curves of a glass boat would result in Tin having a larger hull volume than most glass, and therefore they just float higher in most cases no matter the weight?
Just as one example, a 20' lund predator, which has a lower profile and layout that I like is quite a bit heavier than a tuffy x-190...I would think the glass boat would sit lower and therefore drift less, but since its several hundred pounds lighter I wasnt sure. Some of the older ranger multispecies boats are also fairly light for their size, hence the question.
Edited by Macintosh 9/26/2013 3:10 PM
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