Subject: Project Registry
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999
From: Teodoro M. Panganiban
ROUSTABOUT/ Teddy Panganiban/ Quezon City,Philippines/ 12-5-1999:
Finally went on sea trial today at Taal Volcano lake about 80 kilometers south
of Quezon City. Rains and high humidity delayed the painting of the the boat. I
used a two part polyurethane white paint and clear top coat which is picky with
the weather. The trailer (assembled from a Glen-L plan) worked fine although I
did not drive my minivan beyond 80 kilometers per hour. The boat reached speeds
of 63 
kilometers per hour (@5000
rpm) for a few seconds since I am still breaking-in the Evinrude 115. I used a
Magellan 2000 XL GPS to measure the speed. I am using a 14" x 19 pitch
prop. I also tried a 14" x 17 pitch but there was slight over-revving. The
lake was choppy all day with about two foot waves. The deep V hull did its job
cutting through the white caps but it felt like riding a galloping horse at the
helm. Will officially pop the champagne this coming weekend and send you the
pictures.
