Here's a photo of that "sea gulled" hull shape you noted, and yes it's an interesting design, with fairly flat aft sections. I totally agree about the deep-V hulls being slower due to increased wetted area, good solid physics.
Depending upon where you live and boat, I'm sure someone with a flat bottom would gladly trade for a deep-V, and vice versa too. Running a deep-V on the inland waterways would be a recipie for fuel consumption most people wouldn't want, but out on the chop that Bertram is right at home.
Paul
This message has been edited by FEfinaticP on Sep 29, 2006 10:27 PM
Here's a photo of that "sea gulled" hull shape you noted, and yes it's an interesting design, with fairly flat aft sections. I totally agree about the deep-V hulls being slower due to increased wetted area, good solid physics.