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pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:11 am
by specialk
does any one out there know how log diameter affects your speed? do larger logs make you faster by creating more lift,or slower my displacing more water creating more drag? any thoughts out there?
Re: pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:14 pm
by mike
Larger logs should get you higher out of the water which should create less drag and allow you to go faster. Same thing for adding a third toon!
Re: pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:20 pm
by beermunk
mike wrote:Larger logs should get you higher out of the water which should create less drag and allow you to go faster. Same thing for adding a third toon!
What mike said. Less drag = faster speeds.
Re: pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:02 pm
by Alohatoon1
And a little bit of diameter increase does a lot in terms of flotation. I did the math on this a long time ago and I believe that it worked out that a 26" log gives about 30% more flotation than a 23 inch pontoon.
More flotation= pushing less water out of the way= better speed, better mileage.
Re: pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:21 pm
by lakerunner
Alohatoon1 wrote:And a little bit of diameter increase does a lot in terms of flotation. I did the math on this a long time ago and I believe that it worked out that a 26" log gives about 30% more flotation than a 23 inch pontoon.
More flotation= pushing less water out of the way= better speed, better mileage.
Is this going to be like a big deck vs little deck question
Re: pontoon log diameters
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:54 pm
by HandymanHerb
Just cause your deck is bigger than mine don't go bragging about it
