Thanks to all for the information. On the subject of slowing down at
eight feet of water (three under the keel), I do set my depth alarm at
three feet under the keel. The boat is used most often in the sounds
and rivers of eastern North Carolina, where deep water does not exist.
It is the norm to run most of the time with single digit depths under
the keel. The good news is the depths usually change very gradually,
except for uncharted shoalings, and the bottom tends to be soft sand
or mud.

It is interesting to see how much better the boat runs, both speed and
responsiveness to the helm, if it has ten or more feet of water under
the keel.

Pete Drez

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:20:18 GMT, otnmbrd
wrote:

Very true, for many reasons

otn

Gould 0738 wrote:

(Yacht to be slowin' down some when you've only got 2- 3 feet of water under
the keel anyway. 10 knots would be fast for my taste under those conditions.)