A Sweet Ride
 

Jim wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:39:10 -0400, HK wrote:

I finally had some time today to mess around with the boat, complete
the break-in cycle, and see what she will do.

WHOO HOO!!!

With the exception of that sucky Yamaha, sounds like you have a sweet
ride.

Except for that hole in the transom.

And the Yamamama.

~~ snerk ~~

Well, if the front of the boat catches on fire, I can always jump off
the transom without tripping over the "euro."



Jump! Doncha mean walk off the transom.

Just Kidding.

Keep them hourly reports coming.

BTW Has John come by to verify that this boat truly belongs to you?

You know what RR said. "Trust but Verify".


Herring isn't allowed on the Bay anymore. We've got our limit of
floating crap.

Start of today's trip:

http://tinyurl.com/3cucf6

Entrance to harbor at Deale:

http://tinyurl.com/3xe7pt

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:50:45 -0000,
wrote:

Did you just say Yamaha??

Why yes - yes I did.

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:05:01 -0400, HK wrote:

Start of today's trip:

http://tinyurl.com/3cucf6

Your fuel burn is very close to what I predicted. I calculated 6.7
gph at 4,000 RPM and it looks like you were at 6.2 actual. That
probably means you could increase your prop pitch by an inch or so and
still make 6,000 WOT.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:05:01 -0400, HK wrote:

Start of today's trip:

http://tinyurl.com/3cucf6

Your fuel burn is very close to what I predicted. I calculated 6.7
gph at 4,000 RPM and it looks like you were at 6.2 actual. That
probably means you could increase your prop pitch by an inch or so and
still make 6,000 WOT.


There's no reason to go through all the trouble and probable expense
that would imply. There are too many variables. Further, the engineers
at Parker and Yamaha have already tested a bunch of props and published
their results, and so have dozens of Parker owners. The prop that Parker
sent out with my boat allows the engine to rev up properly, and produces
the results I want. I suppose I could "experiment" with another brand of
prop, but I am not so inclined. While swapping props is not difficult,
arranging that with a bunch of third-party props would be.

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Entrance to harbor at Deale:

http://tinyurl.com/3xe7pt

Looks like Niantic.

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Entrance to harbor at Deale:

http://tinyurl.com/3xe7pt

Looks like Niantic.


I'll bet you have these, too:

http://tinyurl.com/3b2jay




(This one's from the marina at Chesapeake Beach)

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:05:01 -0400, HK wrote:

Jim wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:39:10 -0400, HK wrote:

I finally had some time today to mess around with the boat, complete
the break-in cycle, and see what she will do.

WHOO HOO!!!

With the exception of that sucky Yamaha, sounds like you have a sweet
ride.

Except for that hole in the transom.

And the Yamamama.

~~ snerk ~~

Well, if the front of the boat catches on fire, I can always jump off
the transom without tripping over the "euro."



Jump! Doncha mean walk off the transom.

Just Kidding.

Keep them hourly reports coming.

BTW Has John come by to verify that this boat truly belongs to you?

You know what RR said. "Trust but Verify".


Herring isn't allowed on the Bay anymore. We've got our limit of
floating crap.

Start of today's trip:

http://tinyurl.com/3cucf6

Entrance to harbor at Deale:

http://tinyurl.com/3xe7pt

Harry, I'm *filtered*! Remember?

Are you going to show us a picture every time a number changes on your
meters? I hope so, because I value your posts.
--
John H

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Are you going to show us a picture every time a number changes on your
meters? I hope so, because I value your posts.

At least it's about boats.

John, I sincerely believe you could do the newsgroup a favor by
following a little less closely. I think Harry's foibles are pretty
well understood by most folks here without you and and a few others
making special efforts to point them out.

Lead by example.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:21 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Are you going to show us a picture every time a number changes on your
meters? I hope so, because I value your posts.

At least it's about boats.

John, I sincerely believe you could do the newsgroup a favor by
following a little less closely. I think Harry's foibles are pretty
well understood by most folks here without you and and a few others
making special efforts to point them out.

Lead by example.


I've got lots of boat pictures and commentaries, going back many
decades. If I dump them all here, I wonder if Herring will do the
newsgroup a favor and stand on the top of a tall hill on a golf course
during a thunderstorm.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:05:01 -0400, HK wrote:

Start of today's trip:

http://tinyurl.com/3cucf6

Your fuel burn is very close to what I predicted. I calculated 6.7
gph at 4,000 RPM and it looks like you were at 6.2 actual. That
probably means you could increase your prop pitch by an inch or so and
still make 6,000 WOT.


I wonder what the impact of burning off 50 gallons of fuel will be. The
tank holds 100 gallons, but there certainly is no reason why I would
want to transport that much fuel. Keeping the tank half full will save
about 320 pounds of dead weight.