HST4ME
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Yeah that's ugly...View attachment 1427150 I downloaded the video off instagram of his desert storm run so you guys can see what’s going on.
Yeah that's ugly...View attachment 1427150 I downloaded the video off instagram of his desert storm run so you guys can see what’s going on.
You are spot on, Lance is a wealth of knowledge on the serpentine Warlock hulls. I believe he is still with Boatswains Locker in SoCal.Did you race this boat in POPRA years ago? Do you know Lance Hendrickson? There’s a chance he built the boat and he knows more about making Warlocks run than anybody out there although you’re in uncharted territory. He played with various strakes that he could change on a 29 Warlock which shares some bottom design characteristics although it was a A class boat and not as fast as yours he may of learned things that be useful to you. He helped us a lot with our F1 Warlocks with CG location. At your speeds the lower unit will effect the boat in ways I never experienced. Good luck, they’re great boats.
I can get his number for you if you need it. I do think you’re in a different speed realm than any Warlock v bottom has gone so it maybe trial and error. I drove three different F1 boats and the one that had the sport master was hard to drive but at your speed I’m not sure what applies anymore. For F1, because of Lance, we moved everything as far back as possible and the boats kept getting better and better as we continued to do so.You are spot on, Lance is a wealth of knowledge on the serpentine Warlock hulls. I believe he is still with Boatswains Locker in SoCal.
Jeff was a gelcoat guy primarily, but I suppose it’s possible.So the according to my paperwork the boat was built and rigged by Jeff Camire for Bobby Griffith and raced 2 years factory p-2 . Not sure how much truth is in that just something written down on a small notepad paper
Lance is a character, a bunch of years ago in the Glamis circle he was nicknamed....I just got off the phone with Lance super nice guy by the way. We had a good talk about the boat and what I have tried and what I need to try. His advice is props and balance, maybe bolting lead to the box on the back of the boat after first transfering as much weight aft as possible. He said at my speeds its not a strake issue its all about balance and getting rid of stern lift.
Agree with you, the serpentine step evolved a bit. That said, running 1,000 hp and 110 mph produces some unique hydro dynamic forces for a 25.I tend to agree with the above poster
I have mold #1 for the Warlock World Class 25. Carter Reed did a lot of trials using my boat with much tweaking but knew it was prone to Chine walk. He added the longest K Planes available, which settled things down, but I am only running a 454HP, so my speeds only top out at about 70.
lolWe will still be watching this thread closely hoping you can resolve this 23 year old issue.