GalaxyGirl
Senior Member
There is a warning sign, look beyond the curtains GG.
Maybe not the curtains. They'de be the first to go. But...the granite is nice
There is a warning sign, look beyond the curtains GG.
...GG, go, have a look, and see what you think.
Scott Welch
Island Eagle
There is a warning sign, look beyond the curtains GG.
I should also mention that the same information can be had from propeller curves. If you have a Detroit diesel; though, I have not been able to find anything. If the boat builder has tables for burn rate, that would also cover it.We have been going on about fuel consumption and miles per gallon; however, these calculations do not take into consideration a dirty bottom and propeller that takes more fuel, and current and wind which can increase or decrease fuel use. What's the true miles per gallon? Is there going to be enough fuel? If this device Maretron : Marine Electronic Instruments is used with GPS that shows speed over ground, then a person knows what their true miles per gallon is and whether they can make their chosen port.
This thread is really funny! The bias is unmistakable.
Will you guys be happy with anything GG buys but a big ancient defever or like styled boat?
The coasters are big boxy boats.
The well respected designer posted stability stability information online, and I linked to that information.
Meatsea talked with the designer about the boat, its travels and the design.
When is good enough, good enough?
Geez cant these gals ever win one with the crowd?
Well, I think they listened and probable learned a lot as they have gone from primary must be able to cross oceans and a live aboard as secondary. To live aboard primary and might be able to crossing ocean secondary. What you start out thinking you want and what you end up buying many times can be quite different.
Now they have to match the boat, slip and marina to be a live aboard as its not just the boat! Hopfully they will start a new discussion as this disussion has run its course.
Good enough will only be when the girls agree with every subject matter "expert" here- and not before... but, you know that
This thread has quickly devolved into an exercise of analysis paralysis.
The 60 Florida Bay Coaster weighs 140,000 pounds! Half the weight must be ballast. I was looking at the stability curves and wondering how they did it until I thought about the weight. So it uses a little more fuel because it rides lower in the water from the weight, but a good trade off I think. Compare this with a the weight of a Cheoy Lee 66 LRC at 87,000 pounds.Hey GG, I'm definitely a picky guy, an I have ALWAYS loved the Coasters. In fact, if there had been one for sale at the time I was looking, I would have seriously considered it. Far from ugly, I think they look pretty darn good, in their own way.
To all the naysayers, they are perfectly stable. Not comfortable, but stable. And fuel burn, for the average owner, is a negligible part of the overall expense of owning a boat.
GG, go, have a look, and see what you think.
Scott Welch
Island Eagle
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