Spring 2013 Gathering Long Point

[cdavisdb]

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.

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

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.

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

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.

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

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

[gofastsandman]

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.

[cdavisdb]

Couple of shots from Eric:

[cdavisdb]

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.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

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?

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Hauling azzz in a following sea? VDH burping when run at the proppper speed? The air is what softens the landing. It took me a few rides to understand that these hulls like to get on top and run. Small 20 here.

[McGillicuddy]

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

[Bushwacker]

I've been to most of our Fl. gatherings beginning with Anclote Key in 2007 and this was undoubtedly one of the best! Good times, great people and good food indeed! Getting to ride in a couple of rare 25' Seafari's in sloppy seas was a special bonus! Riding in that boat at 20-25 kts thru 4-6' seas felt about like 1-2' seas do in my 20 footer! I believe it's the Ferrari or the F-16 of the SeaCraft fleet! And Connor is well qualified to give the flying lessons!

[DonV]

You quickly forget, very quickly, that deep vee hulls tend to wander at low speed, lean a little more in the turns, etc. when you see how well the 25 Seafari splits through larger waves. Nothing like it, no heads flopping back and forth like a rag dolls or the up and down shuddering absorbed by the passenger's knees, just nice big spray of water and out the other side of the wave they go!