Daisy Burnett
31-05-2010, 09:07 PM
Guys
A few people asked for the results of the first trial of the new 5.7 Tabs. Well it took a while to finally get the time to get her on the water but the wait was definately worth it. She cuts her way through water beautfully and 115 Optimax has plenty of power to push along at a respectable 70kph. She would have wound out to a bit more but by the time I got to open her up a bit the chop was starting to pick up so I did not push too hard. To give an honest as I can opinion, the boat handled well but I definately noticed the change from fibre glass to plate ally, there was a bit of banging and at one stage I was searching for a rattle that turned out to be wavelets under the hull. Not to much to worry about and after a few hours of running in the noise difference started to fade a bit. I must agree with others that have stated that with the 2.4M beam on a 5.7 boat a following sea lets you know that you did not waste your money buying the Trim Tabs. As for the trim tabs I have never had them on boat before but I will never have another boat without them. I fitted the 350mm QL's and they are everthing others stated, responsive, easy to use and made for a very comfortable ride. The 115 Opti as you would expect on the running in period did not miss a beat and was extremly responsive with heaps of power to push the hull along. Being a two stroke it still has a fairly high noise signature at revs (not too bad) but she does idle very quietly and at trolling speed the noise level is very comfortable. Power steering is also a new advent for me and once again very well worth the extra expense.
A few little niggles to be sorted out are the switch for the power anchor winch has been wired backwards, (could nearly have pulled the bloody bow roller off), both radio's require suppressors to get rid of excess noise and and nastly little leak in the deck wash pump tends to a bit of water into the side pocket. All of the above will be sorted out by the dealer when I take it back for the first service. wether they know it or not.
All up I am extremly happy with the purchase and look forward to next trip out when I can stop driving around in circles running in the motor and get some fish blood on the deck. I hope the guys who asked for the report are happy with this. If not send me a question and I will do my best to answer it.;D ;D
A few people asked for the results of the first trial of the new 5.7 Tabs. Well it took a while to finally get the time to get her on the water but the wait was definately worth it. She cuts her way through water beautfully and 115 Optimax has plenty of power to push along at a respectable 70kph. She would have wound out to a bit more but by the time I got to open her up a bit the chop was starting to pick up so I did not push too hard. To give an honest as I can opinion, the boat handled well but I definately noticed the change from fibre glass to plate ally, there was a bit of banging and at one stage I was searching for a rattle that turned out to be wavelets under the hull. Not to much to worry about and after a few hours of running in the noise difference started to fade a bit. I must agree with others that have stated that with the 2.4M beam on a 5.7 boat a following sea lets you know that you did not waste your money buying the Trim Tabs. As for the trim tabs I have never had them on boat before but I will never have another boat without them. I fitted the 350mm QL's and they are everthing others stated, responsive, easy to use and made for a very comfortable ride. The 115 Opti as you would expect on the running in period did not miss a beat and was extremly responsive with heaps of power to push the hull along. Being a two stroke it still has a fairly high noise signature at revs (not too bad) but she does idle very quietly and at trolling speed the noise level is very comfortable. Power steering is also a new advent for me and once again very well worth the extra expense.
A few little niggles to be sorted out are the switch for the power anchor winch has been wired backwards, (could nearly have pulled the bloody bow roller off), both radio's require suppressors to get rid of excess noise and and nastly little leak in the deck wash pump tends to a bit of water into the side pocket. All of the above will be sorted out by the dealer when I take it back for the first service. wether they know it or not.
All up I am extremly happy with the purchase and look forward to next trip out when I can stop driving around in circles running in the motor and get some fish blood on the deck. I hope the guys who asked for the report are happy with this. If not send me a question and I will do my best to answer it.;D ;D