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Murray, Thanks for the welcome. Peter

Eric, Thanks for your sage thoughts. Lots to think about. Peter

Wouldn't it be better to work back from an acceptable prop slip? What is appropriate for a displacement boat? Peter

Eric, Don't really know, no tach, but the curves I have suggest WOT of 2800 I cruise at under 1000 by ear @ 7 knots. I know the old rule of thumb that if the engine cannot achieve rated WOT RPM it's over pitched. I cant confirm until I get a tach but I can wind her up pretty damn fast with...

Eric, I know what you mean about the transom churn, mine is only a few inches deep, leaving a relatively nice clean exit. I often wonder if at close to hull speed, the returning bow wake is actually lifting the stern to the point where it exits at sea level. I speculate this because I have...

Eric, Thanks for your thoughts. Although I'm relatively new to power boats I've given it a lot of thought. My natural inclination is that semi displacement is a marketing term. To me if you're not up on a plane, you're sitting in the water. Now there are certainly better bottom shapes, and the...

Bob, Love the new look. I never liked forward fly bridges, but I do like my lower, aft cabin bridge deck. Much more demure. Good question re. bonding. I'm completely rewiring and am paying very close attention to this critical issue. I've removed all the bonding for now, and will probably...

Thank you all for the kind welcomes. This is such a friendly place. Bob, the repower is for a number of reasons, principally reliability. I love this old Perkins but it's had some abuse, the boat was neglected by the previous owner and seawater rose to destroy the original oil pan by...

I should add, The boat was renamed after my dog Geordie. who I will lose soon. My previous travels by road are documented in a blog named Travels with Geordie, with apologies to John Steinbeck. In this way, even when he's gone, I'll still be "travelling with Geordie" The blog stops dead...

Hi Mike, Damn I hate vBulletin forum software, always seems to lose my typing. Just rewrote this entire post! You have a valid point and I admit I only mentioned the Beta 60 casually, I’m also considering the 90. But I do believe the boat is overpowered. At hull speed of 8 and change the...

Pilou, Thank you for the welcome and kind words. Mike, Thanks for the welcome neighbor, had Geordie out at Vector boatyard last spring. RTF, Thanks, Geordie is old, but perhaps not quite that old. Jeff, Appreciate the welcome. Geordie sports a Perkins 6.354 which proudly propelled us all...

Hello all, my name is Peter Knowles and I'd like to introduce myself. I'm a lifelong boater, sailed since a young lad. Now restoring and living aboard a 1953 38' Monk cruiser in Victoria BC. I have ambitious cruising plans for the PNW and then possibly an overland ride to the Great Lakes and a...