How do you tie this ole girl up? What if you loose hydraulics while underway, (stabilizers)? The freeboard is crazy high. Is this boat safe for navigation?
Of course these questions were not on the architect's mind when it went to the drawing board. The most sought after Most Unusual Floating Thing award was. I wander how long that bow stem is going to last with the anchor chain chafing on it? Illustrating the mentality of the operator, works well with the floating thing's design. Luv the storage of the bow dock lines. Wound up like cheap garden hoses.
It’s a mutt… what do you expect? there isn’t even a foot of space between the windlasses and the sunpad…. the track to secure fenders starts ok but as you go aft, it’s pretty much impossible to reach it from the deck. Useless. the best is that tall window cutting thru the rub rail! Better not lean that against a piling …. and that bow rail is just plain ridiculous and useless….
Received this from Mangusta last week. It's reminiscent of the Palmer Jophnson's penned by Nuvolari & Lenard when Mike Kelsey was still with us. The PJs were great looking boats but fell short from an operational standpoint. This one appears to suffer the same...