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Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/20/2011, 8:12 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: S&G modificatioon (Sean Dawe)

: Just curious but wouldn't moving the seat fwd potenitally play
: havoc with the balance of the boat? Moving the seat fwd will put
: put your weight fwd which will cause the boat to be lower in the
: water in the bow and, subsequently, higher in stern. This could
: greatly increase the boat's tendency to weathercock. This, of
: course, depends greatly on the hull design of the boat. I
: shifted the seat of my Boreal Design Baffin aft 2" because
: I needed more leg room. This affected the handling of the boat.
: It tracked great with more stern "bite" in the water
: but it did not turn as quick as it used to before the shift. I'm
: guessing you can add weight to counter balance this but isn't
: nice to have a well balanced boat to begin with?

: I may be way out to lunch on this an stand to be corrected.

: Sean

I was thinking the same thing, but since his feet are already on the forward bulkhead it didn't matter so I didn't say anything :)

Unless the boat balance is bad to start with, moving the seat generally is a bad idea.

Bill H.

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Wayne Two -- 7/18/2011, 10:56 pm
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John Caldeira -- 7/19/2011, 1:11 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/19/2011, 8:40 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 11:06 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 7/19/2011, 1:23 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 7/19/2011, 2:34 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 4:19 pm
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Dave Houser -- 7/20/2011, 3:21 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 2:23 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/19/2011, 4:20 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 4:42 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/19/2011, 7:53 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2011, 8:10 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/26/2011, 7:04 pm
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B. Hamm -- 7/30/2011, 3:23 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/20/2011, 7:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2011, 8:12 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/20/2011, 9:25 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/20/2011, 9:52 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/20/2011, 12:41 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/20/2011, 5:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2011, 7:55 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/21/2011, 3:21 pm
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Dave Houser -- 7/21/2011, 3:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2011, 1:53 am
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Dave Houser -- 7/23/2011, 2:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/23/2011, 4:21 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/23/2011, 8:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2011, 12:28 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 8:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2011, 12:31 am
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Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 7:36 pm
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Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 7:42 pm
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Glen Smith -- 7/24/2011, 8:00 pm