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Oh ya, that is with full fuel (100 gal) and 8 adults. Super pleased

Had a good run in the river today. Didn’t get fuel burn yet because I didn’t refuel the boat on the way home. But performance was great. Cruise at 3600rpm is 30mph and wot is 4800rpm and 40mph. I believe redline should be 5800 so I might be able to gain some more speed with a different prop but...

Made it home last night. Had a nice visit with Tom and Susan on the way down. Merlin is now a SW washington boat. I've got big plans for this boat but not sure when to start. I think I'll get it all cleaned up today and take to the river on sunday and try to get some performance and fuel burn...

Might be coming thru around 5 or 6. I sent you a text

I haven’t pushed it beyond 3000rpm yet because I didn’t want to risk anything with a unproven boat but it sure seems to run fine. I’ll feel more comfortable pushing it when I get to my home waters. At 3k it runs through 1-2’ chop easy at 24 mph. I don’t know the fuel burn but we only used about...

We have made it to Fort Nelson BC. We bagged 9 halibut total including a 60 pounder that Josie reeled in. The trailer tows great and the truck tows the whole package a lot better than I thought it would. We are 63’ long and unknown weight. I paid 16k for the boat which at this point I do agree...

Well, we’ve had a few very busy days. We inspected and made some minor repairs and so forth to make Merlin usable for the trip. We’ve had three days in Auke Bay and the boat has performed wonderfully. It is a joy to drive compared to Hammerhead which is woefully underpowered in my opinion. It’s...