08-17-2014, 05:49 AM
f350ca, a lot will depend on your displacement. Hull speed will be about 6 knots. The original alligator in the first photo must have been a very heavy displacement boat -- maybe they were carrying ballast. I'm going by how high the sidewheel looks in relation to the hull.
For a boat of our size, dead flat on the bottom and little (or no) rocker you're looking at about 1000 lbs per inch immersion. My boat had almost identical proportions to yours - 8' x 31' -6" and ran 10,000 lbs displacement on about 10" of fairbody draft.
For a boat of our size, dead flat on the bottom and little (or no) rocker you're looking at about 1000 lbs per inch immersion. My boat had almost identical proportions to yours - 8' x 31' -6" and ran 10,000 lbs displacement on about 10" of fairbody draft.