Charles Perdue
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I have been in and out of this boating hobby for quite a while and am not surprised by too much.
Today, I was surprised.
Months back I took a partially built rigger on trade and after looking at it, I decided that I did not really want another boat. Figuring that the only way that I could come out on the trade, was to complete the boat and sell it. I completed it about 2 months ago and just let it set collecting dust, not really interested in running it.
Today I took it to the lake to trim it out so that I could sell it as a running boat. The boat ran good from the first launch. After trimming it out with a conservative set up it keep getting better and better.
After running it all morning we decided to start timing it. The boat was running consistent 14 second laps.
I ran all morning on 22 ounces of fuel and the same glow plug.
The surprise was that this was a 12 Firefighter rigger with a stock S12 Novarossi buggy engine.
No nitro isn't dead, we just may have to adjust our way of thinking on engines and boats. I know that I have.
NO, IT ISN'T FOR SALE NOW.
Today, I was surprised.
Months back I took a partially built rigger on trade and after looking at it, I decided that I did not really want another boat. Figuring that the only way that I could come out on the trade, was to complete the boat and sell it. I completed it about 2 months ago and just let it set collecting dust, not really interested in running it.
Today I took it to the lake to trim it out so that I could sell it as a running boat. The boat ran good from the first launch. After trimming it out with a conservative set up it keep getting better and better.
After running it all morning we decided to start timing it. The boat was running consistent 14 second laps.
I ran all morning on 22 ounces of fuel and the same glow plug.
The surprise was that this was a 12 Firefighter rigger with a stock S12 Novarossi buggy engine.
No nitro isn't dead, we just may have to adjust our way of thinking on engines and boats. I know that I have.
NO, IT ISN'T FOR SALE NOW.