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On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:00:54 -0400, "Eisboch"
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BTW, a forty footer is hardly a yacht. I used to think the Navigator we
had was a big boat at 52'8" LOA until I took it to Florida. Down there
it
was a peanut.

Yup, when you take a little cruise down the New River in Ftc
Lauderdale you get a hint how the rich people live and that still
isn't Palm Beach.
I am still chugging around in "The Butt Ugly" and pretty happy with my
1 GPH even if gas is half price now.
As Wayne can tell you, I am not getting a 40 footer down my canal.


I often think now that we should have kept the Grand Banks. It was slow,
but relaxing.
The only time I felt any anxiousness was transiting the Cape Cod Canal at
the wrong time (meaning against a 5-6 kt current). The speed drop off
wasn't a big issue, but the way the current swirls through certain sections
it makes the bow want to fall off one way or the other. I suspect if it
happened it could be tough trying to come around again. My other fear was
going through *with* the current and having them lower the railroad bridge
you go under as you approached it. If too close, the procedure would be to
turn around (against the current) and throttle up hoping to keep you in
place and not up against the bridge.

At only 120hp and a single screw, it didn't have much power.

Eisboch