Recent content by VinceR

Thanks. Dad was a flight instructor in WW 11. He taught me to fly when I was tall enough to reach the petals. I still have a Bonanza. Thanks Dad! Thanks to all the WW 11 men and women.

That boat is heavier than a 33DA and wider. 6.2s may not have enough butt to make you happy with their performance in that boat.

Weather conditions and direction of seas relative to your heading will dictate your speed.

3500 RPM 28 MPH 35 GPH Got to get there fast speed 1200 RPM 7 MPH 5 GPH Cocktail speed Our much preferred speed. We have 7.4, 310 HP V drives They have 660 hour on them

Check the maintenance records on the engines. Exhaust and risers are expensive.

We live and boat in the warm waters of the old CSA. Not a bad thing. We have noticed more northern folks down here than you see southern folks up north. The northerners seem to take to our laid back, black eyed pea and grit eating world.

Glad you all had fun. We have been there at Barber Marina for 4 years. We love the area.

They need to shut down the Departments of Energy, Education, Labor and the EPA. Make the USA a "right to work" country. Jobs would return to our shores. Elect people who will put the USA first and their on interest second.

To the Sea Ray Club, Gulf Shores, Orange Beech and Pensacola bunch Deb Lacy called today to say that Jim Lacy "Pensacola Jim" passed away this past weekend from cancer. I will miss him very much. We had many long visits on their 370 AC at Barber Marina. Jim was a great guy smart and very...

Everyone has a different mission. Some days on the boat we may not crank the engines. Then there are days we explore and could run 6 to 10 hours. Most of our dinner cruises are 2 to 3 hours at "cocktail" speed. Our ocasional trip to Destin is 130 miles there and back. We may run that trip 1200...

I love my auto pilot.

We enjoy running slow 1200 RPM (cocktail speed) at 7 MPHand about 5 GPH. If we have bad weather on the horizon or late to the restaurantwe kick up to 3500 RPM, 27 MPH at 32 GPH. When we are on the boat we are where we want to be so whyhurry?

Trim tabs are set to keep the bow set where it should be and to get the best fuel mileage. Again, weight and hull and prop conditions have a great effect on performance. The degree of engine tune will aslo effect the performance. The chart I offer is what happened that day at that weight. Now...

Miles in the chart are "miles" not "knots"

Rollercoastr We all normally operate with less than optimal conditions. Performance will change when operating with or against currents and wind different degrees of bottom and prop conditions. I may not have had a very clean bottom. Full fuel and three on board almost full water. When...