Here comes the Judge

[B-Faithful]

Thanks guys!

BTW Dale, The chesapeake bay is "brackish"

 

[Parker]

Would look better with a black anchor on the bracket.

 

[B-Faithful]

Wont argue with that. The Honda is a bit "freaky" looking compared to what I am used to. :lol:

 

[Megabyte]

Very nice Greg... now lets get that motor broke in!

 

[CaptainJim]

i'm going to come down with a screw driver and steal that dive ladder before he notices its gone!!


:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[gw204]

Look at that...brand new boat and it's dirtier than the bilge in Megabyte's rig.... :lol: :lol:

She's a beaut Greg!!! Congrats!

 

[pelagic2530]

good-looking boat. i really like the setup of the transom fishboxes, with the space for rodholders in between. one thing i notice, their appears to be lose cables right below the 2nd station. do they need to be like that, or can they be secured? because they look like they'd get snagged alot.

 

[B-Faithful]

The cables have to be bowed like that because they cannot be kinked. They lay against the gunwale so I dont think they will be an issue. Time will tell. Where the rod holders go etc is one of the great parts about having the boat built. If I was a tuna fisherman I would have bigger hatches and less room for rod holders. For the few days I tuna fish, I will use a bag..

Thanks for all the kind words...

And yes brian the deck was dirty in the photos. too much dew and neighbors climbing on the boat with muddy shoes. It just goes to show that Megabyte can keep a 12 year old boat cleaner than I can a new one :shock: :lol:

 

[Lucky John]

Great Looking ride!! Best of luck with it,all you need now is some fish blood

 

[B-Faithful]

she got some blood on her today. We caught a dozen or so bluefish and undersized stripers. Some of the blood was mine as I cut my hand on a fish.. (guess I am out of practice) here are two water shots my wife took.

 

[MaxOut]

Well how did she do? How do you like it? Performance #'s?

Did you like the trailer?

 

[Megabyte]

Did you like the trailer?

Curious about that too.

 

[B-Faithful]

She ran through the chop very nicely. With full fuel, two on board, l and regular gear (no fishing gear other than a couple of light tackle poles and one tray of jigs) she ran 25-26mph at 3900-4000rpms. She ran a nice and steady 27-28mph at 4200rpms. With a couple of short bursts at WOT she jumped to over 38mph on the gps. I dont have fuel flow yet as the metter was off. I need to read the manual and I left that over at Judge last wed. I guess I was too excited to get her home. The Volvo QL tabs are nothing short of amazing. Boy do they react quickly. I love the controls with the sensors. I will do a more thorough review of the boat when I get more hours on her as I still learning her attitude and trim on the water. I love the boat.

Jury is still out on the trailer. I had no problems with it. The boat came off easily. It was a little tougher winching her up than a roller trailer (won't power load without another adult to hook the eye or run the boat) Howecver it was a very low tide on th haul out. This was at the near perfect ramp facility of Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis. Even with the slick bunks, some bottom paint was wiped off the bottom. I don't think the trailer is one I could use at my short community ramp unless the tide is up. I still would prefer a roller trailer and may move that way in the next year or so. I will say that the boat tows nicely behind my 1500 Chevy.

 

[MaxOut]

Congrats! Seems very similar to my 2520 SL Parker performance. Sounds like you have a very sound vessel. Do you have all of your elctronics installed? You will be busy. Like to see a picture of that tackle station opened up in the back. By the way how much fuel does she hold?

 

[B-Faithful]

I have a Garmin 3010c package installed with the new GSD22 digital sounder box and 1kw tilted element thuhull transducer. I hate to say it but I wish I went with the Lowrance LX113c HD. However I was affraid to go lowrance due to a lot of horror stories. I had Garmin on my last boat and Furuno on the previous boat. It also has a stanadard horizon questx vhf and northstar fuel flow meter. I havent done it yet due to budget but she will get a windlass and radar in the future.

Fuel is 110 gal poly tank. More than enough given her economy and uses. The prop is a 15.25x15 4 blade powertech prop. (gear ratio is a 1.85:1 on the honda)

I will have to get some photos of the tackle station. it is only 2 drawers right now. I plan on adding some plano tackle trays.

 

[MaxOut]

Good choice on the Garmin. This unit is much better than the touch screen. Garmin has a good price 18" 4KW digital radar that works well under $1000.00. Get ready to love that rear station! Big Rock are right around the corner!!!