I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate all the great input and feedback I received. I hope I am giving back as much info as I am receiving. There is many years of experience and knowledge here and I am grateful to those that share.
Out Standing. Please keep us all up on everything. Your post have been the highlight of many a night. Thank you for sharing your ship with us. ,Ralph
Update after a few years now. First year I was not able to do much due to COVID travel challenges. Used the boat a bit more last year. Just trialed her after the winter hibernation a few days ago. I have 170 hrs on the CATs now, 250 hours on the 9kw gen and 60 hours on the 20kw. With fresh bottom, 1/2 load fuel and 1/2 load of water I made 30 knots cruising at 78% load on the CAT panels. The ZF controls showed 81% throttle position. 44/gal/hr per side. Had a little breeze pushing me. So seems as things get broken in and I’m finding the sweet spot with tabs and such it has gotten better. Heck maybe the new Awlcraft paint helped reduce air friction . I have plans to use the boat more this summer than I have in past few years so hoping all goes well.
Hi PacBlue, been a while since your last posts, welcome back. I'm surely not alone in missing your no-nonsense contributions to technical debates!