: i thought i read Rob Macks saying he adds some flare to his boats for better
: stability. Looking over the replica website i saw most all of those boats
: have varying degrees of flare at the hip.. most but not all..
: I'm assuming if you have good flare on the bow and stern then you need less
: at the hip...maybe a rockered boat relies on flare at the stems more than
: a less rockered boat.

Remember that flare does nothing for inital stability, so if that's important and you want a narrow boat, you have to be careful with it's use. It does add secondary stability as the boat gets wider fairly quickly as you lean it. Course if you don't care about the boat being narrow then it matters little

Bill H.