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Finally got the boat out of the yard today... launched yesterday, finalized a number of things,waited for the Cummins mech to come and check things over then brought her home... hour long run mostly at 9kts but ran her up on plane for a few minutes. First time she planes in almost 50 years. Didn't push to WOT but did 17kts on for a couple of minutes at 2250 (engines are rated 2600)
Have a few things to finalize and tweak... will do a proper sea trial with the mechanic in a couple of weeks
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Man thats pretty good for the first run.
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Wow! Tell me that didn’t feel just awesome!!! Smooth too? That’s great. Glad it went well Pascal.
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thanks guys... it wasn't an easy process and I still have another year of work :)
Here are clips of the launch and run home... phone on the helm shows speed in knot
https://instagram.com/p/Bi0dL44D1Bc/
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Very nice. Congratulations. I think we need more video of her underway.
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Impressive. What were your tank levels?
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Half fuel, 3/4 water, 3/4 holding. And a lot of stuff on board... lots of parts, wood, lumber, tools...
Too early to get final numbers but encouraging
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And the stabilizers; how were the stabilizers? Probably no seas, but maybe you crossed a wake or two.