Re: Hogging, was Trailer Modifications
Sam Finlay (Sam.Finlay@ey.com)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 9:46:05 -0400
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Solar Fry,
Thanks for the explanation. This process is new to me and seems quite different from the hogging I'm familiar with in traditional wooden boats. I confess that I avoid powerboats like the plague & thus have never
seen this sort of hogging, and I don't suppose that anyone would be eager to point it out to me anyway. :-)
Do I have this right? Since fiberglass stretches very little, the bottom of
a hogged powerboat must buckle upward and the sides must also buckle ( inward?) to make the stern sag.
Sounds pretty awful for the boat owner. In traditional (large) wooden boats the process occurs afloat and is
caused by the heavy and less buoyant ends bending downwards and the more buoyant middle lifting.
This is accompanied by the planks sliding past each other, sort of like bending a bundle of straws, something that monocoque construction like figerglass can't do. A different process, but the results are just as ugly.
I agree that it's very unlikely for a Potter to hog given the pronounced built-in rocker and the light loads involved.
Still, it seems prudent to tow with the outboard off the bracket which is none too strong. The previous owner of my P-15 trailered w/ the outboard in place and the fiberglass had split in two on both sides. A little epoxy fixed it but I'd rather not have to do it again.
As far as rollers go... would stainless pins solve the rust problem? I haven't seen any, but surely someone
makes them. Perhaps some one in the group knows.
Sam
P-15 Indomitable 1964
Luray VA