Face like a wet weekend!

[MrRob]

Rough as you like out in Portland harbour yesterday but I fancied it anyway.
As you can see I lost the skeg. It was a bit like doing a hand brake turn!

[Dan]

Rob,
Its shells that you put your ear against to hear the sea mate!
How did it run tho all joking aside?? Thats a bit of a blow about your box mate

[MrRob]

Funny enough I could hear the sea inside there! It ran loads better without the junkplate! 63.5mph in very rough conditions with the motor trimmed all the way in. I was getting 15-20 psi water pressure compared to 12psi with the junkplate. I removed the Oil Control module and replaced the temp sensors on the heads so I had no warning beeps off the loom this time out.
Hopefully I can getting some testing done on a better weekend.

[Foolish]

Originally Posted by MrRob

Rough as you like out in Portland harbour yesterday

Rough and Wet at Soton too ... started raining as soon as we launched and was absolutley pi$$ing down by the time we reached Fawley, decided to head back to Drivers ... let "Wishfull Thinking" (Ashleigh) drive while i ate my lunch in the cuddy

[MrRob]

atleast it looks like someone enjoyed the weather!

[Gav]

Originally Posted by MrRob

Rough as you like out in Portland harbour yesterday but I fancied it anyway.
As you can see I lost the skeg. It was a bit like doing a hand brake turn!

how d'ya lose the skeg?? hit summat? or a dodgy gearcase?

how did she handle the ruff stuff with the Short shaft? and what prop did ya run?

[MrRob]

Originally Posted by Gav

how d'ya lose the skeg?? hit summat? or a dodgy gearcase?

how did she handle the ruff stuff with the Short shaft? and what prop did ya run?

Tit handled the rought stuff really well. It managed to stay level when jumping off the big waves. I used my solas scorpian prop again and I think 63.5 in the chop was well good! I dont think I hit anything at all as there was not a single scratch on my prop and how the skeg came away I really dont know. I just remember the boat taking a sharp left at around 50-60mph. How it never rolled over I dont know, just lucky I guess. After that I decided to head back and when we pulled the boat back out we saw the skeg was a goner.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by MrRob

Tit handled the rought stuff really well. It managed to stay level when jumping off the big waves.

Sports bra?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by MrRob

63.5mph in very rough conditions with the motor trimmed all the way in.

Bloooody ell! it must be going very well, thats quicker than I can go in my 28 in very rough conditions.

cool.

[karl]

Originally Posted by MrRob

I was getting 15-20 psi water pressure compared to 12psi with the junkplate.

Burty has removed his lifter too and he gained water pressure. I Think he had to do a mod somewhere as the water pressure was too high. He still scared the shit outa me at Burnham the other week though as he hooked it at the first corner thats without the jack plate too!

[MrRob]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Bloooody ell! it must be going very well, thats quicker than I can go in my 28 in very rough conditions.

cool.

Thats because your getting old Jon and your bottle is not what is once was! But I am not going to do a 'Ross' and get into a tiswoz about it but the fact is 63.5 was highest recorded speed on my gps that day.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by MrRob

Thats because your getting old Jon and your bottle is not what is once was!

So very true, though to be honest, I don't think I ever had any.