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We started Sundance in 1993 with the desire to build
the best shallow draft fishing skiffs available and to do it
for the best price around.. |
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To accomplish this we needed lighter hulls to
maximize the power to weight ratio so we could use lower horsepower engines.
Smaller engines weigh less, cost less, use less fuel and require a smaller on
board fuel load. We needed extraordinary planing efficiency to get the
performance we wanted from these smaller engines.
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How do you make a hull both lighter and stronger?
You add more stringers. Stringers are like floor
joist, the closer the spacing the stiffer the floor. |
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A typical power boat has 4 stringers running fore
and aft. Adding more conventional stringers would make it stronger. But it would
also make the boat heavier and more expensive. Sundance engineers developed the
I Beam stringer system which uses foam preforms to build the stringer system at
the same time the boat is laid up. The advantages are a fore and aft stringer
every 6 inches. And the stringers, hull and floor are built at the same time so
they cure together for a perfect primary bond. This balanced sandwich
construction makes an incredible strong and stiff hull using less material and
less labor. |
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Sundance I Beam hulls are stiffer, stronger and
lighter, and give you more bang for the buck then
any other skiff. |
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Along with strength we wanted uncompromising safety.
Our boats are virtually unsinkable. The center picture is the aft section of an
F19 hull. The five men have a combined weight of 1125 lbs. The boat is sitting
level in the water and you can clearly see most of the 6 inch thick foam
preforms. The boat is drafting 3 inches. That’s unsinkable safety ! |
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We have all heard skiffs are wet and will slide. We
spent years addressing
ride and spray concerns. Our new “Posi-Grip,
No-Trip” hull design has minimized these problems.
By moving the outer chines inwards the boat will
lean into a turn.
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No other flat bottom does this. And with multiple
turning rails on the bottom, our boat will turn
smoothly and with little side slip at any reasonable
speed. Our new SRV bow sends spray laterally and
away from the boat and the “No-Trip” chine lets
spray fully exhaust to the side not forward. Other
skiffs trap spray between the chines and when the
boat slaps it sneezes the spray forward. No other
skiff runs as dry or turns as well as a Sundance. We
said it before and we will say it again.
Sundance is the BEST Skiff at the BEST Price ! |
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