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Hi,
I had the pleasure of running a Superhawk 52 with Triple Yanmars in it in 2003. We had a few mechanical issues when she was quite new and ran it from Monaco to Ibiza and Porto Cervo.
Since then it has been all over the Med in subsequent summers.
It was like any small fast boat in heavy weather as far as ride goes but was a lot stronger than a Magnum 56 I had been involved with few years before.
The only casualty in the first season from heavy weather was the screen flew out of the TV. A capacitor appeared on the counter in front of the TV this was noticed when fuelling in Mahon, Menorca closer examination revealed that the screen had fallen back a bit and was wobbly. We got going again headed for Toulon and got a real beating in the last couple of hours before we got there, at some stage the screen must have fallen backwards all the way and then came shooting out the front.
On the Sunseeker there were no cracks in the gelcoat anywhere by the end of the second season and it had been seriously tested both Summers.
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Cheers,
K1W1
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