Hey guys. The boat came home back in the beginning of August. We have not had a lot of time to use it, but at least it is here. We did have a tranny problem, but we have everything back together now. Evidently, the tranny failed due to a manufacturing flaw when the tranny itself was being built. For this reason, Huber took care of it with no questions. I have to tell you guys that Tres also stepped up to the plate when the problem happened. He not only got us on the fast track at Huber, but he even offered to take care of the repairs if Huber would not cover them.
Anyhow, we put the tranny back in the boat a few weeks ago, but we have not had a chance to go and run it yet. The hotel closes for the season in 2 weeks, so I am gonna get some more time in it this year even if I have to wear a parka to do it! We are also planning to head south a few times over the winter, so the boat will no doubt be going with us!
Here are a few recent pics.
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byrdman: Thank you for the compliment. I really do appreciate it.
p.apache: When re-rigging the boat, we actually considered going back to a triple engine setup, but I can honestly say that I am glad that we didn't. The goal for this boat was to make a nice comfortable "cruiser" to run some poker runs and to have some fun in the waters around here. These two engines provide plenty of power for the boat and don't struggle at all. The boat comes up on plane easily, cruises in the low 70's and will still run near 90mph on the top end. It is exactly what we wanted and the good part is that we accomplished this with only two engines drinking fuel and with only two engines, trannies and drives to maintain. I struggled with the decision at first, but I can't tell you how happy I am that we stuck with the twin engine setup.
baja27: We have only done two speed runs to find the top end because we are still in the process of breaking in the new engines and drivetrain. The first speed run was done in Florida with Tres. He got 87 out of the boat during the first test run on Lake Okeechobee. That was before we did all of the bottom work and dry-sumped the drives. Other than that run, we did do a short top end sprint for Ron Polli when he came here to Ocean City. We got 88 and change out of it with 6 people on board and a full load (400 gallons) of fuel. The ocean was nearly flat that day, so I really don't know what it will do in "perfect" conditions. I also have not run it to the top end with a light load of fuel yet, but I am fairly confident that it will break 90 with a light load and "perfect" conditions.
CigaretteFirefox: Thank you. I don't know what it is, but I really like the classic offshore lines. Some people like the new stream-lined designs, but I prefer the sharp lines of Apache, Cigarette, Pantera, etc.
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