S29 at 38 knots

[D3B]

Well peeps, finally got her on the proper water and had a good trip to Hull.
Thanks to jkay for crewing...its always helpful to have an extra pair of hands on a maiden voyage.
Very uneventful trip and gave her a short hard blast when we were in the Humber.
38 knots recorded running into F3 poss F4 head wind, 3 crew members and virtually all full tanks
what will she do in a flat sea with no wind /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
twin D3 160's
as DRB would say "bloody marvellous"

BTW had one insident running over the wash of a ship when she slammed down quite hard....and the windows stayed in place /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Superflid]

Glad it went well Doug, and that the window didn't shatter! At least that's been tested now.

 

[powerskipper]

Did you have fun, after what seemed like a very long time, but bet she is worth it.

 

[JKay]

Re: FLYING A S29 at 38 knots

Many Thanks for the trip Dougie I loved every minute

I have'nt taken off in a boat for years!!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

smooth and quiet at speed ,very little wake , a great boat(flies well too)

cheers Joe

 

[whisper]

Congrats. on your maiden voyage. Hope you have years of fun with her.

 

[ians]

Hi Dougie
Boats looks very nice, checked it out when we were down at Hull Marina at the weekend. glad the journey went well

You are going to have a lot of fun it it

Take care

Ian

 

[oldgit]

Re:Sitting on top of the world.

Nothing ever comes even close to that first trip out on a new boat(or new to you for the second handers among us) /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif,all that anticipation of a day that just never seems to come. Followed all to soon by an unnecessarily slow chug back to the mooring,just to make the day on the boat last a few precious seconds longer.
Defy you not to have a sneaky look back at the boat as you walk away.

 

[ians]

Re:Sitting on top of the world.

Oldgit

So very very true, and still like that after 5 years


ian