Hi guys play nice. I was ten eleven years old when most of those old wooden boats were in Simon's Town. They are beautiful creatures to look at and i can say with experience that the wooden boats were solid in heavy weather. Fibre glass boats of the same stature imported from America used to take a hammering when fishing off Cape Point. Fibre boats were known to burn and the hull were prone to flexing and cracks. As with cars i like AC cobra's not a very practical car, but big horsepower and it legacy has its place with me. Big wooden boats with turbo charged diesel engines that sit solid on the water. Well thats just me. To the owner well done on an awsome revamp she will serve you well.
And this is it...Noah invented the first ship
AYOBA! wrote:And this is it...Noah invented the first ship
@BFC, nice job on the refurb, what is the fuel consumption of this beast to the deep? 400lt?
So that's more or less what a 35ft Ge-Cat would give one, but this is a lot more style full. Talked to a guy who owns a 45ft Lee-cat and he was quoting 250lt of fuel for a trip from Gordensbay, but I'll be really surprised if that wasn't sales talk.Greenhorn wrote:
@BFC, nice job on the refurb, what is the fuel consumption of this beast to the deep? 400lt?
Not Sure, I think 500-600 , is more in line , This I base off a trip we did with a Rodman 1250 a while back and used 550L for the day .
BFC wrote:So that's more or less what a 35ft Ge-Cat would give one, but this is a lot more style full. Talked to a guy who owns a 45ft Lee-cat and he was quoting 250lt of fuel for a trip from Gordensbay, but I'll be really surprised if that wasn't sales talk.Greenhorn wrote:
@BFC, nice job on the refurb, what is the fuel consumption of this beast to the deep? 400lt?
Not Sure, I think 500-600 , is more in line , This I base off a trip we did with a Rodman 1250 a while back and used 550L for the day .
Please post more photos of the rest of the boat.