Funny thing. Most guys who own boat companies or build boats never go out in boats. Seriously. It's true.
If they do go out in a boat it’s usually for an hour sea trial no farther than a mile from the dock and, generally, at very moderate speeds and in very moderate seas. Nothing challenging, nothing scary, nothing serious. Weird.
Unlike most others we spend huge amounts of time with one hand on a steering wheel and the other on a set of throttles. We're probably out on the water 200-300 hours a year and ranging up to 70 miles offshore. We go out in high winds, high seas, driving rain. We know boats because we USE boats. We find it incredible that some of our famous and highly successful competitors who've been around for years and sell scads of boats make boats that ride like, well _____ ....you fill in the blank
The hull above is our solution to being on the water when the ocean is challenging, is scary....is serious.
It's a 24.5 degree deadrise at the transom with a very sharp forefoot and an appropriate but not overly large chine "flat". We're the only company making and marketing a true deep-vee hull executed in aluminum alloy. It's a great sea boat.
Further - we're not very light - on purpose. Aluminum alloy has a great strength-to-weight ratio which usually means that the naval architect uses this fact to build alloy boats of a similar strength to other hull forms but with a lighter weight. This usage of alloy for its lightness has its advantages - more speed for a given power, better fuel economy, easier trailering. But for our boat which is designed to go at high-speed through rough seas then a greater weight can be and is your friend. Weight and shape determine ride.
Now some will argue that the deep-vee hull form will make a boat very "unstable" at rest. But besides weight and shape there is a third variable that you almost never see discussed about boats - center of gravity (COG). A low COG deep-vee boat can be as stable as a flatter bottomed boat with a high COG!
With an aluminum alloy hull that can be made light we’re able to add the weight we need for ride in extra framing and stiffeners down low in the hull – the result? A very low COG and a very, very stable platform that also rides better than any other alloy boat we’ve even been on.
So....if we found ourselves needing to go 30 miles offshore to search for a sinking boat or if we found ourselves 70 miles off shore and the ocean turned to a washing machine this is the boat we would use - not because we build it but because that's what is made to do. Over and over. Safely, securely and smoothly.
We’d encourage you to take us up on our open offer of a test ride to prove it…
