I agree with everything CJ said, but I would fit Twin Disc rather than Bennett trim tabs. The latter are in fact more popular, because their low...
That was also my first thought, but in the video the helmsman seems to be very stable on his legs, with zero difficulties to move around. My...
Are you positive the level is dropping while the engine is not running? The cooling circuit gets pressurized while the engines are running, so...
Makes sense. Heavy boats are great for cruising at displacement speed, and even more so if stabilized. Besides, I guess that doubling the speed is...
Nice attitude, for the type and weight of boat. What sort of speed was she making in those pics, high teens to low 20s, I guess? And which sort of...
Just one last thought, totally independent of all the technicalities discussed so far. In principle, a well designed planing hull should become...
That's precisely what I meant what I envisaged the possibility of a leak in the fin actuator (post #63). PS: talking of the actuators, a question...
I wouldn't recommend anything, actually. Neither a full replacement nor any upgrade to the existing system. Not unless you are interested also in...
No worries, I fully understood your good spirit, and if my reply came across as if I were offended, it absolutely wasn't meant to - sorry about...
What do you mean "LOL"? Is there anything in the Bayliner demise that you found entertaining? Regardless, you'd better not hold your breath if you...
I really struggle to understand what in those seatrial results is bringing you to these conclusions. Capt J obiously doesn't know how those stabs...
In my understanding, d_meister didn't ask ME anything, he just suggested the OP to do that. Anyway, if you are now sort of asking on the OP...
Thanks for the flowers, but I'm not sure about the very first bit of your sentence. In several decades, I came across some boats which I liked,...
I guess they could have released the bridle from the other boat, waiting a good moment while it was slack. Or cut it, in the worst case. But...
That's pretty much theoretical, though. In practice, in a boat listing due to unbalanced load or strong beam wind, the fins never stay just at a...
Then you've obviously never seen a boat with Naiad fins driven by their so-called Hydro-Mechanical Gyroscope (aka HMG) controller. As I said, that...
Nope, actually that system should indeed straighten not only a rolling, but also a heeling boat, regardless of the reason - be it beam wind,...
I see. Well, all the very best to them, regardless of my personal preference for other boats/yards.
Doh! You are right, I missed that bit of KC post, in my previous reply. I guess I must have mentally removed that while reading, because...
Do you mean NOW? I would have thought that Baia as such doesn't exist anymore, since several years. R U possibly talking of someone else who...
