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Hi, Schoonerdog --
Just noticed this post and since we have the same kind of boat I thought I would chime in. I've seen the same phenomenon, but with a bit of a twist. When we've encountered wave slapping in chop to windward, it has almost always been a problem when we were going a bit slow -- 5 or 6 knots or so. I've found if I bear off just a bit, just enough to get us up to 8 knots, the slapping diminishes. If I get her up to 9 knots, it seems to become almost no issue, as the wakes get farther back. If anything, I've found that I tend to try and pinch her too much and then pay the price, not only in speed through the water, but in slapping if we're in chop. It's been a bad habit I think left over from monohull days...
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