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Yo!! Happy Tooth
"NOYB" wrote in message k.net... You are correct. Seas were running exactly that during the last 25 miles of my trip from Tampa this evening. I was heading SE and the wind was blowing 20 knots from the ENE. It made for a nasty quartering sea. The new boat managed 20-22mph through it, with a fine mist on the transom seat...and rarely some spray on the side curtains. It was especially fun in the dark...as I got a late start leaving the marina. Well, congrats on the new Grady. Nice boat, for sure. Eisboch |
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Yo!! Happy Tooth
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 04:36:09 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "NOYB" wrote in message k.net... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:55:48 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: The 33' especially demonstrated to me that a pair of outboards can offer more than a pair of diesels. ========================== The advantage of the diesels is not speed, it is range, fuel economy and longevity. There's a pretty good article in one the major magazines (or perhaps it was Powerboat Reports?) that compared the diesel Glacier bay against a Suzuki-powered Glacier Bay. They made the point that they're not convinced that the diesels will have a distinct longevity advantage over the outboards. I'm pretty sure that overall, they preferred the outboards in the shootout...but I'll have to go back in the archives and check. In my opinion, it really depends on how, why and where you do your boating. Long range cruising is ideal for diesels whereas a weekend blast in the bay is a lot of fun with big outboards. In any case, very few ocean boaters that I know run anywhere near their boat's top speed unless the ocean lays down flat calm which is rare. 30+ kts in a thirty something foot boat in 4-5 footers is not my idea of fun regardless of the make of the boat. You are correct. Seas were running exactly that during the last 25 miles of my trip from Tampa this evening. I was heading SE and the wind was blowing 20 knots from the ENE. It made for a nasty quartering sea. The new boat managed 20-22mph through it, with a fine mist on the transom seat...and rarely some spray on the side curtains. It was especially fun in the dark...as I got a late start leaving the marina. Glad to hear you got it home safely! -- John H. |
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