Figure on a 2800-rpm cruising speed with a mid-20s boat speed. Folks enjoy riding in them at a good clip on rivers, lakes, and even the Chesapeake Bay. Lymans are what one would call “sea kindly” boats. Each plank is laid proud such that they both ride differently than a hard-chine carvel smooth-planked Chris-Craft runabout or cuddy cabin boat. Note that fiberglass and wooden Lymans have a round chine. Large waves and wakes simply have too much action to allow the small wiggle room to be noticed. The smaller the chop, the easier it is to discern. Yes, it’s subtle, but I felt a noticeable difference. It is this solid nature of a fiberglass boat that doesn’t allow the slight wiggle enjoyed by a wooden clinker-built planked boat as it moves through the water. That final mixture turns into a solid section of fiberglass after the liquid-string mixture exits the gun and hardens. The air-rich mixture is then rolled or squeegeed into a tight mix of fiberglass, facilitated by a catalyst. The resin and “string” mix in the air and splat against the mold for whatever size fiberglass part is needed. It’s then sliced or chopped in a specialized “chopper” handheld spray gun. Layup only required a conventional chopper gun and some hand work.Ĭhopper gun refers to the process where the resin is mixed in the air with fiberglass that is in a string form. The 26-foot length only required a single hull mold. Plank edges and all the minor details were copied and/or replicated to create the two hulls.Īll the fiberglass hulls came from the same mold at Lyman Boat Works using the equivalent wooden model. A wooden hull was always used to mold the fiberglass hulls thus the shape was the same. The fiberglass Lyman hull in this case is a clone of the wooden version. I sea-trialed both fiberglass and wooden-hulled models this past summer, and I’m now sharing my personal observations with you. The author took a ride in a 26-foot wooden Lyman at CBMM’s Antique and Classic Boat Festival in St. The very slight movement of the individual planks definitely allows for a softer ride in the wooden-hulled boat than in the fiberglass model. The same hull shape done in fiberglass rides differently than the same model with a wooden hull. They feature a “clinker-built” hull planking that in a wooden boat model works with any chop in such a way that it cuts through the chop, delivering a ride that is sublimely softer than a hard-chine fiberglass boat. # "delta pad" hull #.you will see why its a good idea.A wooden Lyman is known for its ride. I like longboats.but i've got no brand to push :)Īnd several run the delta pad.if you google. The yanks are playing with the under-water lines, smoothing off the skegs and strakes to give better speed and are going to come a cropper in the endĪlso removing the rear bulkhead and running heavy motorsĪt the moment they are used in smooth waters.if they ever find themselves in 12 fters.be an "interesting" trip homeĭont know much about the hooker except their bigger one has a high L/b ratio but their smaller ones fatten up, like sthwind/southernstarīest way is to take a test ride in a few of them and see what feels right for you Goodwins use a yamaha designed hull.cant see any probs with them if they left the under-water lines alone Southernstar has no interest in making mods.they are happy knocking it out as a work boat, prolly because they have a full range of recreational boats There were some modification of the early hulls and if there were any querks they were fixedĪs to handling.the 22' were designed as a surf boat.to be beached launched and traverse the surf zone to return with a full load and run the break The yam hull has been used for over 30yrs all over the world and were based on jap fishing boats.and feed back on 1000's of hulls made There is the option of skeg guards for beaching etc if wanted The keel lines of the yamaha designed 580 longboat They are after all the most built fishing boat in the world 8-) It would take a chapter of writing as to why its not a saftey issue and why yamaha are still building them the same for over 30yrs Some people see the sense in keeping the original low sheer design. These are more for the recreational market who like a high gunwale and their offshore 720/27ftĪs well as the stinger 520 that have raised the gunwale height I only know of the sthwind/southernstar 520/17ft. It is an asian feature borrowed for many recent high performance boats The v sections/chines then comes off this A delta pad is a flat triangle pointy bit at the front of the boat and the base at the transom
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