Guys, I've got to fess up, I obviously don't know diddly squat about Hatties (and power boats in general), but I really wanna learn. A broker on the West Coast told me about $30k Naiads and I bought it.
We've logged close to 20k miles under sail, but my power boat experience is limited to about a half a dozen 60-80 mile daytime runs.
On one of those runs from Marina Del Rey to Isthmus on Catalina aboard a mid 90's Chinese made 50', we lost the stabilizers about 10 miles from Catalina. She laid down on starboard side, hesitated (it seemed like forever) and to this day I still don't know what brought her back up. We were up on a bridge and I ran down to salon to find the owner and his 2 buddy's playing gin all jammed into the couch by a huge marble table. By the time I got the table off of them she leveled out.
I guess loosing control of the Naiads under way can be have instant dramatic consequences. The weather was beyond beautiful, no wind and about 1,5 to 2' running swell. Once we lost the "gonads" we had to go up @90 degrees to these tiny little waves and then come back down taking them on the port quarter. The last 10 miles took forever to cover with white knuckles the rest of the way. There was just no way to take those baby waves broadside on that boat.
As you can probably tell it was a traumatic experience. I learned to sail in Molokai Channel and can effectively manage over 25' swell, but without a ballast 7' under, that Chinese "junk" scared us to the point of me and the Captain (another true ragabagger) talking the rest of the ride about designing "ammas" like on an outrigger canoe for Joey's boat. Sure they wouldn't be aesthetically pleasing, but they would be less susceptible to malfunction lol.
This is the reason i am looking for a stabilized (or preferably "ammad" lol) Hattie.
Am I the only person to have this happen to, or is this a frequent event?
I think Hargave designs are beautiful, but with good sea running, in my novice opinion, Naiads would make a huge difference in the ride comfort. Gee I hate to sound like a commercial. Can some of you please advise me if I am on the right track here?
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