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PDQ 39' sailing catamaran FOR SALE
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:36:06 -0700, Gordon wrote:
I'm curious about the S1. Raymarine says it is rated to 16,500 lbs but I would guess the Rhodes 41 loaded probably exceeds that by a bit. So how much time/miles do you have on it and how is the performance in the slop? Thanks G By quite a bit, displacement is 24,000 lbs. I really don't understand that displacement rating. I always go with if a human can steer it, an autopilot can. I had a 4000+ on a Coranado 35 and it steered over 12,000 nautical miles with no problems, including 15 ft folowing seas. A friend put one on his 40,000 lb trawler and it worked fine. Only a couple thousand miles on the Rhodes, but it's done fine on all points of sail and under power. Twice the S1 turned off with a "locked" error. Both times under power while pushing through mud. Under those conditions it's all I can do to budge the wheel with both hands. Rick |
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