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Peter Lowe:
Hi Steve,

Nice looking boat, is that glass or a tinnie, how does it perform comparativley....I like it.

Good to see you got amonst them again. Nice GT too......as always

Cheers

 8)

Stephen Polzin:
Thanks guys,

Pete the boat is glass, with a 22 degree deadrise.  Incredible soft ride which is important up here where it's a minimum of 30km to the reef.  The old tinnie was very stable but could be absolutely punishing in choppy conditions.  This one's a bit more tender at rest but still quite manageable.  Every boat's a compromise unfortunately. 

cheers,

steve

Peter Lowe:
Hi again,

Yes, I understand compromise well  ::)

Hmmm glass - soft ride - long range, sounds good. What size motor is that and how have you found the economy, lots of questions I know - sorry but am looking all the time and love getting user feed back instead of sales hype.

I must do a search on the net to find out more about it.

Thanks

 8)

Stephen Polzin:
motor is a 90hp Optimax.  Economy is quite good if you keep it under 4500 revs.  At around 4000rpm it can do 2.5km per litre at roughly 40km/hr. 

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