Bottom Bulge

[Sweeper]

I have a 16′ Kevlar Canoe with Bottom Bulge and the canoe shell is more fexible then what I’m used to. I’ve been thinking about taking it tripp’n next year, but I’m concerned about this bulge.

Am I making more of this then I need to?

When it’s loaded the Bulge will go away?

Does the canoe need reinforcing?

Sweeper

[Preacher]

Sounds like it’s hogged or hog-backed. It’s bad for performance. It doesn’t go away. Not sure if it can be repaired.

[canuckcamper]

@Sweeper 221 wrote:

I have a 16′ Kevlar Canoe with Bottom Bulge and the canoe shell is more fexible then what I’m used to. I’ve been thinking about taking it tripp’n next year, but I’m concerned about this bulge.

Am I making more of this then I need to?

When it’s loaded the Bulge will go away?

Does the canoe need reinforcing?

Sweeper

Definitely sounds like its hogged…in Newfoundland we would say that the boat is a “water hog”…all means the same thing….boat aint gonna perform that well for ya…still water ready but performance drops…definitely slower, definitely gonna oilcan in wave, definitely gonna make ya wet in rough conditions, definitely gonna loose some stability…basically means that the bottom has warped and now the bow and stern are gonna ride lower in the water than they were intended and in extreme cases they will ride lower than the center of the boat…this isn’t a problem thats gonna go away, the boat is still seaworthy, but you are gonna work a lot harder with it than a boat that wasn’t hogged….although take into account that my experience with water hogs is from helping the Old Man with building wooden fishing boats…skiffs, trapskiffs and dorys, maybe someone here who has more experience with kevlar can offer a suggestion…

Kirk

[houlibar]

I was wondering which way it was bulged. But if it’s bulged in, I can see how it would negate any rocker that was built into the boat.

[Sweeper]

It bulged in from the bottom

Is there any way to add say 3 laterial supports with fiberglass?

[tolka]

I was wondering if any of the Shearwater canoe owners have experienced weathercocking as a problem. I have noticed in a following sea, or on my quarter, winds in excess of 20 miles per hour make the boat difficult to trim the boat,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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