True Carolina Flare

[Captain Jay Kavanagh]

Bout Damn Time.

Folks, you all need to welcome the world famous shipwright and my best friend

Bubbie "the man" Crown to the fold.

Bubbie rules.

www.crownmarine.com

[Capt. Mark]

Hey man I've been thinking about this and want to help you out with your boatbuilding terms. Just l as I hope you would if I were inaccurately referring to fishing equipment or female body parts. I think what you actually have is a moldless composite house. This is a term coined by Burt Rutan ( X-prize winner for the first civilian in space) as a method of constructing home built air craft on a budget. Great way to build a boat not so sure about how it does on re-entry.

Welcome Mr. Crown .. so , what you are saying is we should leave the boatbuilding terminology to you and fishing and women to me ?? Sounds like a plan ...


Mark

[Caveman Sportfishing]

I knew it would not take you guys long to mention shapely women in a post about the Carolina flare. By the way from what I heard Brady Lewis a decendant of Alex Willis on Harkers Island made the first wood boat with a Carolina Flare way back in 1927. You would not be wasting your time if you contacted Bubbie if your are interested in having a boat built or refurbished as he builds quality boats and one heck of a nice guy. Not sure about the Florida builders but for running in both a head sea and following sea plus a very fuel efficient boat I am very happy with our new boat Bubbie built for us at a more than fair price. Worst part of all this I can only remember from my youth what it is to actually like to have a shapely young women give me the look. Old age is not always what it is cracked up to be. Is not Deltaville,VA known as the home of shapley woman or is that Jacksonville, NC? Very private joke

[gradyfish265]

I love the look of flare and custom carolina boats, but as mention above by one or two, too much flare can be bad. Yes, flare pushes water out to the side keeping the boat dry and looks cool, but too much flare will worsen a ride in big stuff. As the wave rides up the hull the water slams the top flat surface of the flare, it forces the bow to rise and also slows the hull significantly. Flare is a trade of for space as well. Flare is great to have, but at some point it is just too much, I guess the only way to tell if it is too much is based on each users needs and what they will actually run the boat in. If you are running nasty inlets, the flare is probably hurting you. It is hard for a designer to decide how much flare a boat should have, and it seems many who are in the market to buy want more flare for the looks, making this even more difficult.

[Glenn W]

If you are running nasty inlets, the flare is probably hurting you.

Sombich--- once again, the damn Wancheese and Hatteras boys have it bassakwards

[finstinct]

I'm pretty surprise to see a custom builder like Howell leave those pots of epoxy on the bow like that. If they are put there while they kick off they produce a lot of heat and will de-laminate the fiberglass underneath it in a perfect circle. It won't be seen it untill that boat is all painted and you look up there on a sunny day!

I don't speak up very often here, I like to lurk but maybe its the way this was stated that it struck me. "Pots of epoxy"???? I see empty containers that at one time I'm sure had epoxy or maybe even paint in them and may have some residue, but its kind of a reach isn't it?

I don't know anyone at his shop, but speaking from my personal experience only, I'm pretty sure that no builder these days can afford to let employees waste large amounts of epoxy as suggested, but even so, what in the world would a pot of kicking epoxy be doing on a bow that has already been sprayed with fairing compound? Maybe if they were glassing the deck... MAYBE.

It looks to me like its simply a container that was used during the process of fairing the inner radius on the toe rail. Epoxy was probably in the container but what kind of shop would let it cook up there?? Like I said before, quite a reach. We all know it CAN happen, but to comment in such an absolute is weak at best.

To the topic though, the amount of flare depends on the rest of the lines as stated by a few already. That flare on the Buddy posted is cool, until you look at the front of the house... Round that damn thing folks!

[drose]

I knew it would not take you guys long to mention shapely women in a post about the Carolina flare.

The way she has those shaply hips round and full, and then as you look forward she has that fullness that we'all so luv down yonder in tha saouth.....

She looks good up side down, from the front or back and even with no
make-up just hangin out in the yard!

I must also agree with finstinct that is too far along in the process for that to be catalyzed epoxy in those containers, acetone maybe but not epoxy,ha.

[cb206]

Hi guys i am new at this but i have to say i love the flair and rounded stern

[scattered_grass]

Gotta love richie howells boats, crazy carolina flaaaaaaaaaaaaare

The first Ritchie boat pictured in this thread, is one of the most, if not THE most, well proportioned Carolina hulls I've ever seen! Perfect flare and belly. I have heard that when you have a boat with a whole lotta flare, you start compromising the strength of the bow, which makes sense. I also agree that there is a line where flare should stop..some boats do have a bit too much.