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Originally Posted by NoBones (Post 214997)

Sorry Charlie... EFI's were not even in the works 31 years ago...:rolleyes:

31 ft. not 1931. Shoot me Kenny`s # as he wants to come down to fish.

Bones led the parade out the inlet on day one in his sweet 20. With big seas and no furry hat.
On purpose. Because he can and does. The sight of her stern makes me think about how much farther I need to go. These gatherings are nothing if not great seminars on things.
Like buddy bearings for example...and roller trailers.

Looks like the guys with the 25's were busy promoting the breed :) I have a feeling that a certain brother of ours in the north east will be drinking the kool aid soon. Looks like a great time you all had! :)

strick

Its outstanding kool aid, also very addictive!

A while back, I had a conversation with Seafari25, who has had more 25 experience than all of us put together. His comment was "The boat LIKES it rough. The rougher it gets the better it likes it." I was a bit skeptical, but no longer.

Denny sent me some pics. Here are some of them:

Following Sea
http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps84907f63.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...psc3296272.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9f21642c.jpg

Head Sea
http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps6565f271.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps58c1a407.jpg

I had a blast running through that slop. I don't think I'd want to do it for two + hours crossing the gulfstream, but it was fun for a short thrill ride. Connor's quite the cowboy out in that mess. I think I need a little more wheel time before I'm ready to go more than about 25 mph in 4-6 footers. We got some air, but I kept the trim tabs deployed to keep from launching too much. The ride in a following sea is sweet, though. 30 mph+ and no bad habits. Raise the tabs and let her run.
Dave

Dave, I was really impressed with how flat your boat ran. How much tab did you have (1) going out and (2) coming in??

Cowboy, shmowboy, balony. The boat told me to do it and I'm pretty sure I never hit 25 on the way out.

You are right about wheel time. The 25 handles different from anything I've driven before. This one took several hours before I began to see how to drive the boat when its rough.

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Originally Posted by cdavisdb (Post 215028)

Dave, I was really impressed with how flat your boat ran. How much tab did you have (1) going out and (2) coming in??

I don't have a tab position indicator, so I'll have to approximate. I had maybe 25% in head sea conditions, and I'm pretty sure I had them all the way up in the following sea. I also had a full fresh water tank and that puts some ballast up front.

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Originally Posted by cdavisdb (Post 215028)

Cowboy, shmowboy, balony. The boat told me to do it and I'm pretty sure I never hit 25 on the way out.

Maybe... But, I'll bet your better half will back me up on the cowboy thing. When we got back and I mentioned it to her she said something like "Why do you think I stayed here".

You may not have hit 25, but I think you were close. I didn't spend much time looking at the gps, but I looked down at one point and was doing 22, and you were walking away from us.

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Originally Posted by cdavisdb (Post 215028)

You are right about wheel time. The 25 handles different from anything I've driven before. This one took several hours before I began to see how to drive the boat when its rough.

Yeah, I'm still getting used to it. I've only got 75 hours on it and most of that has been on the Suwannee River.
Dave

Couple of shots from Eric:

Both boats seem to produce a bunch of very tormented looking spray when they are running flat in these conditions. I don't remember other boats looking like this. ''

Anybody got any opinion on this and/or why they do that?

Interesting aside: my fore deck was bone dry when we got back, only a tiny bit of scattered salt on the windshield.

She is a dancer, and a fine one at that. The secret may be in the custom tabs.
I really believe Carl was just a bit beyond his time.

Conner, loved the Pirou. Dave better keep an eye on it.

Gee, I've never really been the jealous type - more of an appreciator... but you guys are starting to make me jealous of the big Seafari... better get crackin on that Sea of Cortez adventure... Looks like you all had a great time!
Cheers,
McG