Flush mount vs fairing block ducer 28 footer

[Gerry Zagorski]

If I had my choice tilted element would be the way I'd go. Much less chance of loosing bottom while under way and nothing sticking out of your hull if you happen to run aground or hit something.

Had a fairing block on one of my old boats. Ran into some shallows while a drift once, bottom scraped some rocks... Thought I was OK until I got a call from the marina the boat was sitting low in the water the next day. Found that the ducer/block became dislodged and water was coming in from there.

[Gerry Zagorski]

One more thing to add here... If you are not planning on going out into the deep (200 plus feet) a shoot thru hull ducer can work well too. If you decide to go this route you need to be sure you have a solid, not cored hull because you can't use a shoot through ducer with a cored hull.

Nice part about these is they get mounted inside the hull and shoot through it so no holes in your hull and no worries about fouling from marine growth either.