I've only built square chine boats and never played with double or triple tapers before. What is a double taper? A bottom that has 2 brakes in it? What is a triple? A bottom that has 3 brakes?

What is this one?



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That was someone attempting to build a round chine, but who said to hell with it.

Looks like my double taper .. Drafts a little deeper and doesn't slide in turns as bad ... Kinda similar to driving an extreme hull

PD just calls it a tapered chine. IDK if that would be considered a double, or a triple.

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That's a double taper. Triple taper will have one more break and be closer to "round". Here's a single taper

Technically a square chine is a single taper... but most dont refer to it as such. The one you have pictured is a trippple... count the changes in angle not including performance crimps...

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Which ones you prefer?

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Double taper, I know turns good

If you are running a narrow boat, you can get away with square chines. My 42" bottom doesn't slide.

A wide boat will turn a lot harder than a narrow one. If I went anything over 48" I'd have a taper chine.

The boat in pic and PD have always used a Double Taper or Square

Square is not a single taper whoever said that, Square is straight side to bottom

I like tapered chines the best. However, square chines draft better for shallow water than any of them. I like tapered because they turn a little better.

All chines slide in the skinny stuff.... for deeper water that is true but the narrower you go with a square chine the less it slides.... my 1840 will turn on a dime in the deeper water.....unless all your weight is on the high side in a turn, you will take the boat off edge and slide.

you drink the kool aid, id rather drink the whiskey and raise hell!!!!

I've never had a problem out of a square chine but I just felt like experimenting and trying it out. Might go with a double then go from there.


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[quote="North LA Hunter"]I've never had a problem out of a square chine but I just felt like experimenting and trying it out. Might go with a double then go from there.


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I am interested to know how the double performs

That very well may be the case.

Excel and Prodigy Boats are triple chine.

Triple handles well, but they aren't usually broke as far forward and the break isn't usually as severe a true round so they don't draft as much water, imo. I like the compromise.