I have my first sea trial planned with the boat tomorrow, all the mechanical equipment have been overhauled and its time to see if she still floats!
I'll let ye know how it goes but for now let me say thank you for the help is getting to this point! There are still a lot of jobs to do int he refurb, including new electronics to install but this will be a big milestone!
George
BTW the previous owner send me this link of her in her former glory!
Glad to see you had a successful first trip, the weather and conditions look amazing!
I don't think she looks overly low in the water - on my similar 9m Ribtec, the first inch or two of the transom assembly are visible above the waterline at rest, and the tubes don't quite touch the surface, but I guess with the stern arch and rear mounted radar you have a bit more weight aft.
Did you have any way of measuring speed, or not until the new electronics are fitted? I get a top speed of 39kn out of mine flat out, don't think I've ever quite seen 40kn on the display!
Are you running a twin prop hydra drive, or single? With the contra rotating props on my Bravo III, I certainly don't get any pulling to either side at any time. Do you have trim tabs, if so were they operating correctly? Was she evenly loaded? And I assume the steering mechanisms are all solid, no air in the hydraulics, wear in the tiller arm, etc? I have seen some Bravo drives where wear in the tiller arm/steering pin can create some fairly vague steering that has a bit of a nature of it's own especially when coming off the power.
No measure of speed yet, small bit choppy do kept revs around 2500. I'll have to wait another little while before I know what that translates to!
On the steering, no trim tabs, single prop. I'll double check all the steering elements, especially the steering tiller coupling and see how it goes. the steering is a little stiff anyways so I need to try loosen it out somehow!
Still happy with the first day and taste of what she can do!
Bear Bubh
Beretta
