On Jul 27, 3:24*pm, wrote:
A few weeks ago, I was up in N. Illinois on the so-called Chain of
Lakes boating with my brother in law and I got a good look at the
boats there. *Most of em had what I consider to be deep V hulls which
would limit the area of the lakes accessible to them and reduce the
fuel economy. *They do not get large swells there so running in heavy
chop is not an issue. *Wouldnt a shallow V be better for such
conditions? *A shallow V would allow them to more than double the
parts of the lakes they can go in without hitting bottom and get em up
on a plane faster for better economy.

Not sure, but the craft might be deep -V so they can also run in the
Lake Michigan area.

I bought a 23' Marquis cuddie on the edge of ohio that has a fairly
deep -V hull. and it was used fairly exclusivly on Lake Erie.