by angib » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:40 am
I was convinced that there was too much weight at the back with the person and the outboard, so I spent an hour doing some hydrostatic calculations.
This showed that the boat will sit within a degree or two of level, with one person sitting where you have shown. The immersion (depth in the water) to the bottom of the shell would be about 100mm (4") - that excludes the rubbing strips that you have shown below the bottom.
So that proved you were right all along!