John H. wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:42:15 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:05:49 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:07:10 -0400, HK wrote:
How's your new boat, John? Have you splashed it yet? How fast can
you run it in our usual hard chop? Take much spray over the sides,
or not? When you stop fast from a plane, how much water slops over
into the cockpit when the engine well is full? Are your scuppers
above water with that heavy engine? What are you naming it? Where
are you going to keep it, assuming you are going to keep it on a
trailer? When will you be leaving the area for North Carolina? Or
was it South Carolina?
The new boat won't be here for another 4-6 weeks, as you've read in an
earlier post.
I'll be able to run it about as fast as the Proline or your Parker
without
any problem. Spray over the sides will be less than either the
Proline or
the Parker. The engine weighs only 62 lbs more than the 115hp, which is
about the weight of a couple decent stripers, and the transom is
complete,
so I'm not worried about water coming into the boat. I'll probably
keep it
in my driveway, but may put it in Breezy. Haven't decided yet. It's
so easy
to trailer that I'm not too worried about just keeping it here and
trailering where ever I want to go. Haven't given much thought to
the name
yet, but Poco Loco Too may work. Any ideas?

When we move, it will probably be to NC. Not sure when, but probably
next
spring. I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for the update.

I would guess your new boat would be about 7-8 mph faster than mine
at WOT, but what I was asking you was how fast it would run
(comfortably) in our usual short chop here. I doubt you will be able
to maintain even the speed I can maintain in such conditions, since
your new boat weighs a lot less, has less deadrise, and has less
length. But you are welcome to think what you will.
Thanks.
Two of my Sea Pros had transoms similar to what is on your boat. I
can assure you, you will see water coming in over the transom and in
rough enough conditions, pouring out over the motor well and onto the
deck.

Well, much of that is due to operator error. I try not to let the boat
get
too full of water.
:} Report back when you have run a few interesting inlets.
JohnH,
I am not familiar with Deale or the part of CB you boat, do you have
many inlets up that way?

The area around the bay is, for the most part, very flat. So, we don't have
the inlets which may be found in Maine or an area with hilly terrain. There
are several rivers which dump into the bay that are within an hour or two
of Deale, but the mouths of these cause nary a ripple in the bay waters.
Most of the rivers are quite shallow, as is most of the bay. By shallow I
mean less than 30'.


I thought you "hung out" at the Pax Naval Rec Center. The Pax River is
what, 70-90' deep? There are substantial parts of the Bay that are 80'
or deeper, though certainly not along the edges, or even a mile or so
out. Amazingly flat bottom.