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Old 16 August 2013, 12:09   #41
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Hello Adam, happy to hear from you!
The acceleration is impressive,from 0 to about 45 knots is almost the same as the 200 Optimax but after that there's a big difference!
I'll pass your regards to everybody!
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Old 20 September 2013, 18:01   #42
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And a little action from the inside!
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Old 29 April 2015, 12:19   #43
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Old 01 May 2015, 07:45   #44
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31knots 24 ltr/hour=0.77ltr/n.mile not bad for 200 horses!
That day with half of the route traveling 18-20 knots due to bad weather it averaged 0.77 ltr/n.mile(it can go as low as 0.7ltr/n.mile)
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Old 17 May 2015, 15:56   #45
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0.7 as promised!
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Old 29 May 2017, 22:52   #46
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Dear all the hull's mold is for sale if anyone is interested!
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Old 06 November 2019, 19:17   #47
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https://youtu.be/DesO9mdnKqQ
A slide show showing how my baby was made... 13 years after i started building the plug and 10 years after its initial test... ��
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Old 06 November 2019, 21:13   #48
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A slide show showing how my baby was made.
I just daren't press anything!
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Old 07 November 2019, 06:19   #49
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You are right, it looks a little spicy the way is written ������
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Old 07 November 2019, 08:27   #50
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Quite a radical design for a hand built mould did you have any design inspiration or was it purely a "lets see if this works" process
Is the hull as good / much better than other similar size boats
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Old 07 November 2019, 14:55   #51
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Indeed it is a radical design especially for a rib this size but it came up after some years of researching and studing of anything that has to do with planning hulls...
The hull is very seaworthy but as a sport and stepped design it excells in speed and fuel consumpion...
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