Recent content by holohonu

Marin, lets you and I drag race up to 8 knots. Whoever gets there first receives a case of their favorite beer from the losing party. We can post all of the exciting footage on youtube =) -C

Knock on wood, no deck repairs needed. No soft spots could be found. I know my neighbor did some deck work on his defever, Ill ask him what was done and why. -C

Airplane designers say you could fly a brick to paris and back if it had enough thrust. I imagine my displacement hull would plane if I had three thousand horsepower. It wouldnt plane well, but it would eventually lift itself out of the water (unless of course the hull collapsed under the...

Here tis - all painted and pretty. more pix on my blog - http://holohonu.blogspot.com -C

Ragbagger, Nice boat! You'll beat me to the fish for sure with that one! I will put money on the fact that my boat will have used less diesel than yours once we are both at the same destination. I might put money on a little fishing contest as well, heres my record sea bass. -C

Guys, Not sure if I mentioned it in my post before, but I'm keeping a blog to share my experiences with the refurbishment of my new boat. Upcoming posts will be dedicated to my heat/ac install and the install of a new raritan head. you can keep track of my progress at...

Hi all =) My Boat Looks like a 38' Ocean Alexander/Golden Star/Fu Hwa/Chien Hwa. The fact is I've seen my same exact hull under all 4 of these nameplates so I dont really know what to call it. Single perkins 125 with a dickson stern thruster. Burns a little under 3gph at 8 knots. -C