So, everything is going great! The df140 is humming nicely. Finally had calm enough water last night to open her up. Binnacle lever bottoms out at the teak trim piece precisely at 6100 rpm. GPS speed was reading 41.8 mph. That's a gracious plenty for me, probably won't see it very often anyway.
I finally got around to running a piece of tape along the bottom edge of the original bootstripe so I could see/show how she's sitting. Can't access my botophucket account so no old pics, but, it's riding about 2 to 2-1/2" higher. Happy Days! Take a look...
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