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We built this fishing boat for top performance (fishing and diving), not for top speed.
Offshore Only? With a 16" draft we can Bay Boat too.
800 mile range, pr. of 840 qt insulated fish boxes, 60 gallon live wells, 3 coolers, etc etc.
We only have an hour on it with borrowed Bravo I's from a friends diesel stern drive,
but with the new props Mercury is sending me they say we will go 74 mph.

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This was a modest Flyby Video, cruise throttle setting, still in the first 90 minutes after we splashed.
45 mph is our target cruise speed. 70 plus for showing off.

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Wobble

Looks like it's going to fit the requirements well. Nice job

noli

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Beautiful boat!

45MPH cruise is pretty good for a vessel that Uuuuge!

who designed the bottom?
planing hull or semi-displacement?
core material?
what layup schedule do you use?
vacuum bag or vacuum resin infusion?



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Its a new design. I talked to everyone I know for their free advice and believe that the committee developed a thoroughbred and not a camel!
It was a 11' x 34' to start and grew.

Its 100 % / infused laminate except for secondary bonding. There is a fair bit of Carbon fiber but not where it bangs the water.,

Its 8,000 lbs., and that includes the Corian bait prep counter top and sink. :-)
7500 lbs was the target originally, but there are 1,000 lbs of electrical items, Battery banks, chargers, sound system, reel windlass etc. etc that accrued.

noli

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Will you be going into production with this beautiful vessel?



This is my dream cruise boat




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I have in fact started another with twin 300 Suzuki's. It is to a simpilar specification and will be 1000 lbs lighter.

noli

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Wow half ton lighter!

how did it get lighter? different layup?


Do you have a website or FB page?






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Any time you make a follow on boat after a prototype there is always a 10% reduction in weight if you are diligent.

Web site is www.compmillennia.com

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We had a bet for a case of beer. 2 mpg @ 45 mph. The Video we put on Youtube achieved that at 47 mph. That was with the new Bravo I FS, which gave us the speed but seemed to have a lot of slip mid range. Still, we achieved a solid 1.9 mpg @ 55 mph with those props, pretty good for a fully featured 12' x 39' center console.

Three blade Enertia ECO props are on order which are designed for mid range fuel economy by 10 %.
2.2 gph @ 45 would be great for a fish boat.