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| Originally Posted by VikHatBer A 57' bertram rode horrible? Was is just a wet boat or did it take to the seas poorly?
Could spray rails take away the splash? |
BOTH. Bertram basically stretched the 54' Mold and screwed it up. The old 54's had the fuel tanks in the cockpit and center of engine room, on the 57' They thought it was a good idea to put 1- 1700 gallon tank as the foward engine room bulkhead. It rode completely flat and then it would ride over so many waves and then just nose dive into one...... It also pounded. They had too much weight foward, that was the problem...... when you were down to 500 gallons it started running really nice as the bow lifted, but..... who runs around with only 500 gallons on board.......Also the 300 gallon holding tank was in the very bow....... so if that had anything in it......or was full, it was even worse.....