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Nice video! Thanks for posting it.
Must have been a little chilly. I see you were bundled up and Landon even had a jacket on

That was awesome! Made me think... I should have built the FS17!

Coach wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:04 am That was awesome! Made me think... I should have built the FS17!

Hehe.... you got your repairs done, so you can start one now

Very nice boat! Love the simrad.
Beautiful pictures and video!!

I just saw the video. Great pictures there, and it really shows the performance of the boat. I'm no expert, but it almost looks like you could lift the motor a little?

Raising it slightly gains a couple of knots.

Was that saltwater or freshwater? Incredible spot.

Boat looks great.

fallguy1000 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:18 am Was that saltwater or freshwater? Incredible spot.

Boat looks great.

Glacier fed freshwater. We are landlocked but live on a 60mile long lake so lots of adventuring and weather to be had.

Have had family visiting last 1.5 weeks so have had the fs17 out a few times.
Over 1100lbs of people and dog + cooler of sausages and smores and drinks + full fuel @wot = 29mph on smooth water (momma still prefers 24ish which is easier on the fuel anyways)
Still handles great in rough water but slowed down quite a bit to keep everyone somewhat comfortable.

Bought a 2 person towable inflatable and pulled Landon around a bit with it, the boat doesn't seem to know its there. Slight learning curve for me, if I start slow the floaty digs in but if I start quick it pops up and does fine. (probably obvious to anyone that has done it before, but I hadn't )

Finally got a functional chart on the plotter. I had bought Navionics Alaska Lakes charts last year for an exorbitant amount of money and they didn't even show our lake which is big enough to see on a desktop globe, just showed me boating around in large swaths of yellow land :/ After lots of back and forth with their tech support over a 3-4 month period they finally refunded my money.

After much struggling with doing it wrong and researching and trying over and over, I have figured out the process which is actually quite simple once you understand it for creating your own charts with google satellite images (or any publicly available charts) using all free/public domain software. I was struggling for a while with about a 750ft offset, but got that figured out last night and now when powered on my plotter shows my boat sitting right in my yard where it is and all my paths on the lake go to the exact locations on the beaches and launch spots we have been.

I am quite happy

Good stuff Narfi!!! Jeff