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Larry wrote:

Hi, Wally. Thought I'd come back to watch the floggins for a little
while. I'm back from Florida. Sailed a great Amel Sharpi back, 3
weeks ago. Fantastic cruising ketch. Handled 15' swells very well in
some squalls we ran into.


Read an old issue of SAIL at the barbershop, eh?

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On 31 Jul 2003 11:52:44 -0700, (alincoln)
wrote:

The other thing I want to test is the ride in choppy waters...I'm test
driving a Larson on Sat...Just hope the rain holds off and there's a
little shop on the water...

adym

A pretty, sunny day is NOT the day to test a boat. You need a little
WEATHER. Good luck on the wander.....stern drives are notorious
wanderers. Drives me crazy.



Larry W4CSC

"No, NO, Mr Spock! I said beam me down a WRENCH,
not a WENCH! KIRK OUT!"

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Larry wrote:
On 31 Jul 2003 11:52:44 -0700, (alincoln)
wrote:

The other thing I want to test is the ride in choppy waters...I'm test
driving a Larson on Sat...Just hope the rain holds off and there's a
little shop on the water...

adym

A pretty, sunny day is NOT the day to test a boat. You need a little
WEATHER. Good luck on the wander.....stern drives are notorious
wanderers. Drives me crazy.



That's gotta be the shortest drive in history.


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It was longer because of the wandering.

That's gotta be the shortest drive in history.

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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:09:37 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Steve Barker wrote:

All v-hulls wander to some degree at that speed. I certainly wouldn't judge
a boat solely on that little item.


Many, but not all, vee hnlls wander at that speed. It's a non-issue.
Larry is no boating expert.

I just bought a '92 Four Winns Sundowner to expand my "fleet." After
manhandling a 36 ft housboat around the Sacramento River Delta (it's just a big
ol' forklift with a sail), I was expecting the runabout to track string-straight
at any speed.

Not even close! The boat handles beautifully on a plane, but at no-wake speed,
it's all over the place--I was surprised.

Just one more thing to adjust to.

Joe Parsons

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Most runnabouts wander at no-wake speed. My outboard also wanders a lot real
slow. Routine.

-W


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http://www.yachtsurvey.com/Fiberglass_Boats.htm
This is what a Sea Ray (or any Brunswick Bubbleboat) looks like
inside....putty? Where's the beef?!
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I'll check it out...

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BE DAMNED SURE YOU RUN THE BOAT AT NO WAKE SPEED FOR AT LEAST 10
MINUTES WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT TO SEE HOW BAD IT WANDERS ALL OVER
THE PLACE WITH YOU DESPARATELY TRYING TO HOLD IT ON COURSE!!......See
why? Some really NICE boats just SUCK in a no-wake zone as you fight
the wheel against "Stern Drive Wander" running the wheel back and
forth and back and forth.....WILL IT STEER FAIRLY STRAIGHT IN A NO
WAKE ZONE? If not.....RUN!



Larry W4CSC

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Larry et al,

Thanks a bunch. This was just the thing I needed to see/hear. I
would never have considered running a boat at NO WAKE speed...I would
have blindly run it at normal to above normal speed in an effort to
test the top end. No one ever thinks to test the bottom end...

The other thing I want to test is the ride in choppy waters...I'm test
driving a Larson on Sat...Just hope the rain holds off and there's a
little shop on the water...

adym