Hulls are different between manufacturers and even the same manufacturer has different hulls. They are all hand made. The resin remaining from the wetting of the cloth varies because it is not done by machine. The amount of gel coat in the keel seam varies. The spraying of the get coat can have varying thickness. In general it amounts to very little.
I let builders know that I want a hull at or less than 1060 grams because I have seen some to as high as 1150 grams. If you build with weight a consideration to get more lead in it, you don't want to start in the hole. I have built boats with hulls from five different manfacturers (one was Dumas)and they were all different with varying little things. I have seen no difference in the water using the same building plan.
This winter I will try a 6th with a different building plan. I am looking for a boat that will hold around 18.5 pounds of lead and still be on the short side of 42.5 inches in the tank. Then experiment with more stiffness.
I favor the hollow rudder because they are easily drained when seam cracks occur. I weight the rudder each time I take it off to see if it has leaked.
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