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Combination of size, hull design, twins. This is a heavy
boat, not a slippery shape.

jps wrote:
Hull speed is hull speed, no?

No.

Displacement and hull shape counts for a lot.

Yes, of course. Don't know what I was thinking...evidently I weren't.

It can be satisfying work to replace/upgrade old boat
equipment, but it's an expensive hobby and it eats into your
cruising time.

Cruising is just working on your boat in exotic locations. Why the hell
would you want to own a boat if you didn't like working on it?

My bliss is in working on things. Boats are just about the coolest
things to work on that I can think of (or the grammatically correct "of
which I can think" but it just doesn't sound right in context).

Oh, I like working on my boat just fine. I've had enough of
it at the moment, and not enough of riding around in it.

Spending weeks & weeks of time and thousands of dollars
fixing something that ain't broke is trending away from
"hobby" and closer to "mental illness."

I don't go there. If it ain't broke and it's expensive in either time
or BUs, call it good.

When there's nothing to worry about, I still like tinkering with smaller
things to improve them.

As stated above. Difference in initial cost, deep knowledge of gas
engines, fuel costs not being the same factor. The Tolly gets approx.
1nm/gal at an easy cruise of 2650-2700 rpm with its BB 454s.

At what speed? What's the boat's displacement?

12 kts approx.

Hmmm, I pictured you going faster. But that's not bad.

It's just enough to maintain plane. 12 kts is plenty fast to cover our
cruising area, even w/rambunctious kids.

We burn approx a gallon every 3 ~ 5 nm but we're going
pretty slow (8 knots or less) in a ~10 ton 36 footer.

Single screw?

Yes. More fuel efficient, less maintenance.

Are you concerned about get-home power in the event of a failure?

I met with Chuck before buying the Tolly in 2000. In fact, he showed me
a couple of examples but I ended up finding the one I wanted in a
boathouse in Canada.

After going through the process of considering how, where, how many,
etc. I thought I'd made a good decision. If fuel prices would've stayed
reasonable, my decision still would have held. Oh well.

You could always repower that Tolly with diesels. It's been
done, and brings some benefits like greater range.

Thought about it but, if I did it I'd pick up one of the 44' Tollys with
the cockpit. They delivered quite a few with gas engines but they were
set up to take either gas or diesel. Once the customer made a decision,
they'd drop in one or the other...

Nice boats. There used to be one at our marina.

Unless something comes along that woos me away, that's my objective at
this point. I'd like to fine one w/gas or one cheap w/diesels. There's
a few different configurations in the 43 to 48 ft range that'd all be
acceptable. I love Tolly's versions of the Monk-designed boat,
especially the 44. I started salivating over earlier models when still
a teenager.

After hundreds of hours invested in their style/method of boat building
and chosen systems, it'd be a shame if I couldn't leverage that on the
next vessel but it just may not be in the cards.

Heck if you're really worried about fuel prices, get a sailboat!

Believe me, if I had any inclination towards sailing, I'd be there in a
heartbeat. Grew up a stinkpotter. Like going out in good weather.
Don't understand being excited about ****y, windy weather. That's the
time to be comfortably warm and watching mother nature from indoors at a
secure anchorage or dock.

Windy, yes. Hell yes! ****y?

****y is one of 75 words designated to describing wet weather in the NW.
We have plenty of time to come up with them. I don't mind cruising when
it's raining, the wind is another thing.

"Bad weather" is relative. I had a blast in 30 knot winds
and pretty big waves. In a power boat it would have been no
fun at all... couldn't go as fast, for one thing!

Yes, great fun when not barfing.

DSK

jps