you still didnt answer the ? J. and u a boat builder
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| Author: | autogateman [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | measuring the length of a boat |
ok, ive been goin crazy worryin about my 14x44 holding a 35 gdsd, then out of curiosity i pulled a tape from the transom to the tip of the bow and it measures 15'2". wtf? the boat is registered as a 14. so i went on godevils website because i knew they had cad drawings of their boats, and what do you know- a 16 footer is exactly that-16 foot. (according to cad drawings). so what im getting at is actually my boat is only 10" shorter than one of the most popular gd boats-16x44. so now im jus gonna say fu(k it and slap it on the back and see what it does. i guess what im wanting to know is- do all manufacturers measure from different points on a boat to determine their length? |
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| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Wear a life jacket |
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| Author: | autogateman [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
you still didnt answer the ? J. and u a boat builder
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| Author: | dguidry [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Most boats are measured at the water line when at rest. You measured overall length. |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:13 pm ] |
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| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:15 pm ] |
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A boat is overall length. So, if you have a fan tail, you pull off of it to the tip of bow. That water line comment is just straight up STUPID. |
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| Author: | earl33 [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
An UncleJ 17x48 is 18'10"x48... It may be metric... |
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| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:19 pm ] |
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| Author: | earl33 [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:21 pm ] |
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| Author: | Tenpoint [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Must depend on which end of the tape measure ya holdin. |
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| Author: | kibb [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:25 pm ] |
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| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:00 pm ] |
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Believe that, and I'll sale you some ocean front property in Arkansas |
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| Author: | BASSMASTER [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
J how much an acre? ; 
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| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Bass_coonass, For you, 60k each Buy 2, get one acre free |
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| Author: | BASSMASTER [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
thats a deal of the yr right there. |
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| Author: | Woodiebuster [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Weld a 10" peice of flatbar to the bow and you will have a 16x44.... if you have a 16 foot boat with a 4 foot rake and a 18 ft boat with a 6 ft rake you have the same amount of surface area on the bottom. the 14ft measurment would prolly be if your boat was flat fronted, your pointed bow prolly adds 14" |
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| Author: | DeathMetalDukk [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Your boat is measured from the stern to the front of the bow. Autogate, you have a 15' boat, they aren't that uncommon of a size. Congrats, it's bigger than you thought.
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| Author: | autogateman [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
dmd, i have always dreamed of that happening
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| Author: | dguidry [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Overall length means nothing; gives one no sense of vessel's attributes. Bow rake alone can vary the overall length of a small boat by 2 feet or more. So two boats with the same overall length might have drastically different draft, planning and load carrying characteristics. So the OL is meaningless. |
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| Author: | dguidry [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:10 pm ] |
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| Author: | DeathMetalDukk [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:14 pm ] |
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| Author: | dguidry [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
This is not controversial! Boat manufacturers have for a long time used OL to stretch the lengths of their vessel in a deceptive way. LWL (length at water line) plus type of hull (displacement, planning, multichine, round, etc) use to be the standard way to describe a vessel. I'm not saying LWL it's not a way to describe a vessel; its just a bad way. I should have been more specific in my initial post. Sorry. |
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| Author: | saveontaxes [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:32 pm ] |
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| Author: | autogateman [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:35 pm ] |
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| Author: | TOWBOATER [ Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:32 pm ] |
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Quit being A pu@$y,and run it..... I run a 16/44 and have no troubles.Others are just skeered.... |
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| Author: | take'emgator [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
Do ya'll realize what you are arguing about? Just saying |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: measuring the length of a boat |
kind of sounds like some one is wanting to add a few inches to their length Must be lacking |
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