Spring 2013 Gathering Long Point

[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