PH18 - Resin-Heck finally SWIMS!

caryb · Post by **caryb** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:48 pm

Finally got her on the water this weekend. All in all a great performance. Yamaha 90 4 stroke 15 inch pitch 3 blade prop. Was able to achieve 5600 RPM felt about like the low 40's speed wise with about 700 lbs of passengers but, had no way to confirm. Plenty fast enough for me in any case. The motor just whispers. I was able to carry on a conversation with other passengers while at full throttle... amazing!

I could not move the boat with out a crowd wanting to go for a ride so all my experience was with a heavily laden boat. The boat feels very solid, the ride is very smooth and dry. I did have some problem with porposing right at 3/4 throttle. Faster than that and the boat smoothed out slower and it also ran fine. Played with the trim and lift allot but could not get rid of the problem can't trim the motor down enough to compensate. The boat is definitely sensitive to weight placement. I need to get more permanent weight forward in the boat.

The shallow water performance was better than I expected. I was able to run across some very shallow <1' areas of the lower Laguna Madre with out stirring up a bit of bottom. I was able to get up in about 18 inches of water again with out stirring up any bottom. I was very surprised at how high could move the motor up on the jack plate while under way. I could get the motor cavitation plate about 4-5" above the boat bottom without encountering and loss of traction or water pressure to the motor. Draft was about 8" sitting still. Thats bottom of keel to water line. The keel is about 1 1/2 inches deep.

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CaryB

Skydad · Post by **Skydad** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:19 pm

Great looking boat Cary. I'm impressed.

slitvamo · Post by **slitvamo** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:27 pm

Caryb,

WOW, very nice looking boat.

Do you think the kids will let you play with it too?

Great job.

Tom

tobolamr · Post by **tobolamr** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:30 am

Caryb,

Nice job! She looks terrific!

BilltheCat · Post by **BilltheCat** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:55 am

Nice touch with the bright work - the console looks salty. Congratulations on a "clean" boat.

Dave

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:27 pm

I ask you, was there any better feeling than idling away from the dock the first time?

She looks good Cary.

caryb · Post by **caryb** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:05 pm

Thank you all for the kind words.

The kids were more proud of the boat than I was. They were very excited to see it hit the water and were on board every minute it ran the first day. I must say, that in itself was worth the effort that went into its construction.

Your right Jim. Idling away from the dock with out having to frantically bail was very gratifying. The ride across the flats in the laguna was the high point for me though. That was the picture I had in my minds eye when I started the project. Along the way I had a number of occasions to doubt if I would achieve that performance. When I struck out across the shallows and looked back over the clean wake I knew I had achieved the original goal.

A while back someone posted a thought that went like this. There are two types of people on this site, boat builders and boat users. At the beginning of this project I thought I was a boat user. Now at completion I know that I am a boat builder. I honestly think I enjoy the process of building better than the act of using. I will miss not having the boat to work on all the time.

Time to find a new project!

CaryB

TimeWalker · Post by **TimeWalker** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:56 pm

absolutly! I'm going from my current project to the cs25 with maybe a one month break( and that is only to build up some more cash in the bank

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I just can't figure out what I would do with my freetime if I wasn't building it's not like I can fish EVERY day especially since I hate fishing in the lake behind my house and love the la'goon and the salty fishes fight

I can catch a little one lb red and it will fight like a 10lb bass NO comparrison!!!!

DaveD · Post by **DaveD** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:23 pm

Great job! Time to go fish!

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:00 pm

Very Nice Job

It's a great boat for the TX gulf coast but there are still places that XF20 would be better. I think a Phantom, CS25 and an XF20 should about cover it.
Did the transom cracks get any worse?

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