Comments on: Chines vs Round bilge – Is there evidence of superiority? https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/chines-vs-round-bilge-is-there-evidence-of-superiority/ Boat plans with excellent instructions - Performance and beauty Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Michael Storer https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/chines-vs-round-bilge-is-there-evidence-of-superiority/#comment-9261 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:36:31 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=4608#comment-9261 In reply to Ray Ackerson.

Hi Ray,

Can’t agree more. For those interested in Bunyips and other highly evolved plywood designs there is an excellent group on facebook for Australian derived scow moths. Certainly among the most sophisticated plywood structures ever built allowing hullweights for a 11ft by 4ft+ boat as low as around 35lbs. Normal lightweight ply boatbuilding hits weights of 8 to 10lbs per foot. The scow moths hit under 4lbs per foot. Amazing.

The group is here and the Bunyip plans and others are in the files section

https://web.facebook.com/groups/447722085340660/

]]> By: Ray Ackerson https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/chines-vs-round-bilge-is-there-evidence-of-superiority/#comment-9220 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:09:25 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=4608#comment-9220 A perfect example of a successful hard chine boat is the Bunyip 9 moth scow. It has a semi round aft with chines. The chines near the aft acts as an extension of the sharp bottomed transom when at plane with the rounded sections helping to keep the speed of the water constant. The aft part of the chines should be sharp and the rest should have some minor radius. Chines also help reduce the size of the centerboard. Chines are a thing of beauty!

]]> By: Sunmaid Aurnia https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/chines-vs-round-bilge-is-there-evidence-of-superiority/#comment-9199 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 06:35:53 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=4608#comment-9199 I would of thought that the Hartley TS16 was a perfect example of hard chines, a 16 footer that can out run many larger boats as one can tell by its CBH even though its a none spinnaker class it matches many classes of larger boat with spinnaker.

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