Paul356

vc17 is the way to go in fresh water. the progress looks great.

Or, as they say up north, Boink!

Great to see. Inspirational!

As always, thanks for sharing. Very enjoyable.

I'll defer to Graham, et al, but the edges of the bottom paint line and boot stripe lines all need to be parallel to the WL. The bottom paint line and boot top lines are *not* a constant thickness throughout. The boot stripe will likely be wider at bow and stern than in the middle of the boat.

Wow! That's stunning. Did I understand correctly that you used foam instead of plywood?

Enjoyed the trip and the boat. Cheers to you both.

That sure looks like fun. Thanks for sharing, and for getting the whole family involved.

I should pipe up. I won't make it this year. I *really* enjoyed it last year, but it is a heck of a long drive from Wisconsin, unfortunately. I'll be looking for pictures of all the fun you're having.

Hooray! Looks great. Many hours of fun and relaxation ahead, I'd say.

Lovely. Just lovely.

Oops, I should clarify. I was thinking mph, even though Amos said knots, since Great Lakes folks usually use mph for some reason and that's how I have my GPS set up. So, where I said 7 and 9 (mph), that would be 6.1 and 7.8 knots, or approximately what Randy sets out above. Except he does it more accurately. You can still feel for that "overdrive" oomph.

What a great day. I love those smiles.

I don't think 7 is planing, just real fast. When you plane, it should be obvious; you're up on the bow wave and really tracking, feels like a motorboat, little hull resistance. You're going 7 and then all of a sudden you kick into overdrive and you're going 9 (on a standard CS 17, anyway). Usually planing happens on a broad reach, or at least that's the easiest direction to get up on a plane. I say all this not quite sure how a MkIII handles a plane given the water ballast feature.

Best to all of you.