Tunajoe
Senior Member
Got permission from the Admiral to pull the kids from school this friday so we could take advantage of the weather window.
I wanted to shake down the new boat with a run to the local Islands.
Loaded up the family and dinghy and cast away the lines and we were off!
The 20 mile run to Santa Cruz Island was very nice. I was able to run the boat at different speeds. Her sweet spot seemed to be 8-10 knots.
She did run up to 16.5 knots no problem! I actually felt like she had a little bit more but didn't want to push it.
The kids slept and we arrived to Prisoner's Harbor with only one other boat present. It looked like a nice Nordhavn.
I rowed us to shore where we hiked around a bit and then rowed back to the boat and headed home late in the day. We were able to enjoy a full harvest moon rise up on the trip home.
Boat ran great, just much slower than I'm used to.
I wanted to shake down the new boat with a run to the local Islands.
Loaded up the family and dinghy and cast away the lines and we were off!
The 20 mile run to Santa Cruz Island was very nice. I was able to run the boat at different speeds. Her sweet spot seemed to be 8-10 knots.
She did run up to 16.5 knots no problem! I actually felt like she had a little bit more but didn't want to push it.
The kids slept and we arrived to Prisoner's Harbor with only one other boat present. It looked like a nice Nordhavn.
I rowed us to shore where we hiked around a bit and then rowed back to the boat and headed home late in the day. We were able to enjoy a full harvest moon rise up on the trip home.
Boat ran great, just much slower than I'm used to.