Re: How Much is Too Much
While most boats seem to really take a beating, I don't like to punish any of mine any more than I have to. If it sounds bad when it hits, it probably is. Water is hard and doesn't compress well, so the hull is taking the beating almost as if it were slapping down on pavement. The way I see it, if the hit jars your bones and teeth, imagine whats happening to the structure of that boat.
One way to look at it as well is that the only way to find out how much is too much is after it breaks, only then will you know it's true limits.
Myself, I'd usually rather not find out, I'm not that good a swimmer.
