On 29 Mar 2005 09:33:10 -0800, "Capt John"
wrote:

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Pete, first off, forget about what the outboard people say about speed,
their fast, on nice days. On bad days, their not so fast, or you can
run them fast and beat the hell out of yourself (if your in your 20's
or early 30's, no big deal, 40 and over the pain last a lot longer).
Yes, most of the waves they take just fine, it's just those big ones
now and then that after several hours start to add up. Their's nothing
worse than having to hang on for dear life

My Contender (31') rode most comfortably in heavy weather and at
moderate speeds - say 25/30 mph. Now if you want to be an idiot about
it and run WOT, then you are right. I'm expecting the same from the
new Fisharound.

I can also trim bow attitude with the engines which you can't do on an
inboard. The ride is dry and safe - and reasonably fast.

The key word there is reasonably. I can put the boat airborne on a
nice day in Narragansett Bay if I really work at it.

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The Albemarle should run much better and faster in normal conditions
because of the weight distribution and the extra weight from the engines
which should help keep the boat in the water rather than leaping from
wave to wave.

I agree with you on this - diesel boats are much heavier which makes
them plow much more readily than an outboard powered boat. With the
boat "in the waves" is exactly the point - movement is much more
marked on an inboard boat than an outboard - it's a difference in
weight balance.

The idea is not to make the boat sit down and ride up and down, but to
carefully balance the boats movement "through" the wave rather than
ride up and down the wave movement cycle.

The diesel engines will out last the outboards, and the boat will hold
it's value much better.

I can agree with this, but then again, what boat truly holds value
over it's purchase price?

Not many.

The GW with outboards is a nice boat, but it's a "me too" boat,
lots of them around, nothing special about it.

Now there is something we can agree on. :)

Although you do know that we're both going to get pounded on by the GW
owners on this group?

Just my two cents.

Ditto. :)

And as always, I'm more than open to being proved wrong.

Occasionally, I am wrong you know.

Later,

Tom