Jrms80, you post a great question that all boat owners face as their boats age. You can breakdown the propeller /rpm matching question like this:...
If you are JUST barely making 2800 rpm at WOT, full fuel/full water/ no waste /clean bottom and all gear aboard, you do have an option to take a...
With all the new features on 35'+ CC, including heads and/or berths, the building gap between a CC and a low slung SF like the 35 has shrunk. The...
They have the a picture and a layout of the 35 on their Facebook site . Bertram kept it pretty true to the 31 look, gave it a 12' - 5" beam...
I attend a few military trade shows a year. It is quite sobering to see all the fire power for sale. I see all the high ranking officers from...
A big challenge to match the feel of the 31 is the cockpit length, that included full raised engine boxes. This gave the boat a smaller house...
The west coast Cabo buyer was generally an experienced and savvy fisherman. Lots of them with very little "bunk' hours for their age as a lot were...
I was using the difference in power to show the impacts of "design restraint' and it is one driver that will eliminate the potential to keep the...
Olderboater, your opinion of what is marketable or not is just that, yours. I offer my opinions as someone who has drawn his only source of income...
For your information: 8V-53N = 8 x 53 cubic inches per cylinder is 424 cubic inches. The 71 Series started way before and was a legend...
Maybe if C.Raymond Hunt were doing a remake of the original, or even if David Napier were brought onboard to resurrect the line, then I could...
Designing a good running hull and building it correctly to that design are two different events. I bet D.B. would have something to say about...
All in due time, when fossil fuels become scarce on the marketplace ;)
The owners come from a yacht brokerage background and timed the transition from sail to power perfectly. They were never hands on builders but...
Short answer - 3 blades MAY get you a little more top speed but subject to the following: If 2250 is WOT, you are about 50 - 100 rpm short, may be...
Congratulations, if you have Navigator/Californian questions I am sure that I can help you out.
Another thing to check is the length of the Propeller Hub, as I have seen some non-standard Prop Hubs that are shorter than the SAE requirement,...
I would then expect a soft enclosure to move it from a Category A to B, with really no drop in performance / sea keeping except in very extreme...
Olderboater, you are covering a lot of territory, from the ICW to offshore, and are missing my point - I am sure you have a lot of water under...
I understand where you are coming from, and I am sure the SR can handle Category 'A when operated reasonably. Having done the calculations...
