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Bart Senior October 29th 05 04:34 PM

Gunboat 48
 
http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html



John Cairns October 30th 05 01:55 AM

Gunboat 48
 

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html


Pretty impressive. Did you see the polars on the last page of the spec
sheet?

John Cairns



Bart Senior October 30th 05 04:34 AM

Gunboat 48
 
I couldn't open that page. I can only guess.

Care to elaborate for me?

"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html


Pretty impressive. Did you see the polars on the last page of the spec
sheet?

John Cairns




John Cairns October 30th 05 05:14 PM

Gunboat 48
 

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
I couldn't open that page. I can only guess.

Care to elaborate for me?


The top of the curve ended at 20+ kts, I believe they also mentioned that
they topped at 22 kts. during the sea trials. Wonder what they want for the
thing? Perry did a review of the thing a while back in "Sailing" IIRC, don't
recall what the price was. $750k?

John Cairns


"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html


Pretty impressive. Did you see the polars on the last page of the spec
sheet?

John Cairns






Jeff October 30th 05 07:08 PM

Gunboat 48
 
The top speed doesn't impress me that much. My rather tame by
comparison 36' cruising cat is claimed to top out at 17, though I've
never been above 13.5 knots. More impressive was the 12 to 14 upwind
on the sea trials. Booby, of course, would call this a "downwind barge."


John Cairns wrote:
"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...

I couldn't open that page. I can only guess.

Care to elaborate for me?



The top of the curve ended at 20+ kts, I believe they also mentioned that
they topped at 22 kts. during the sea trials. Wonder what they want for the
thing? Perry did a review of the thing a while back in "Sailing" IIRC, don't
recall what the price was. $750k?

John Cairns


"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote

http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html

Pretty impressive. Did you see the polars on the last page of the spec
sheet?

John Cairns






Bart Senior October 31st 05 12:15 AM

Gunboat 48
 
Top speed is fun in protected waters. I'll have to
call Peter Johnstone and ask him about the boat.
I'll try to remember to ask about price also. I think
your estimate is probably accurate. The Gunboats
tend to sell for a premium compared to similar sized
boats.

I wonder how it handles on the ocean--that is the
real test. What is the bridge deck clearance? What
is the practical speed limit in real world conditions?
Most multihulls have probelms there.

Tell us more about sailing your boat in ocean conditions
Jeff. What conditions do you start to throttle back?

"Jeff" wrote
The top speed doesn't impress me that much. My rather tame by
comparison 36' cruising cat is claimed to top out at 17, though I've
never been above 13.5 knots. More impressive was the 12 to 14 upwind
on the sea trials.

John Cairns wrote:
The top of the curve ended at 20+ kts, I believe they also mentioned

that
they topped at 22 kts. during the sea trials. Wonder what they want for

the
thing? Perry did a review of the thing a while back in "Sailing" IIRC,

don't
recall what the price was. $750k?

John Cairns

"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote

http://www.morrellimelvin.com/sailbo...t48_page2.html

Pretty impressive. Did you see the polars on the last page of the spec
sheet?

John Cairns




Bart Senior October 31st 05 09:52 PM

Gunboat 48
 
Peter tells me GB-48 Cream is $1.37 million tricked
as it is.

A million isn't what it used to be.

"John Cairns" wrote

The top of the curve ended at 20+ kts, I believe they also mentioned that
they topped at 22 kts. during the sea trials. Wonder what they want for

the
thing? Perry did a review of the thing a while back in "Sailing" IIRC,

don't
recall what the price was. $750k?






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