F350ca, I was racing with the winter myself trying to get launched and down the Champlain Canal to the Hudson before the locks closed. Didn't make it, and ended up having it hauled to Portsmouth, VA, launched at a city launching ramp moseyed out past big navy craft and headed south down the Intercoastal.
I wasn't as nicely powered as you will be -- I had a long shaft 25 hp Marner outboard -- got the lowest pitch prop they made for it, and then had it de-pitched at a prop shop. Did hull speed at 2500 rpm. Went 1700 miles with her, across Florida through Okeechobee to the FL west coast and up to Sarasota.
I saw a similar boat to mine in FL that I really admired with twin stern wheels. He could turn on a dime. My outboard motor was useful for maneuverng in a crosswind, too -- but not nearly as effective as his was because he could reverse one wheel. He used a hydraulic motors off of a tractor pump and a tractor engine -- which was also kind of cool.
Will you have sidewheels?
I wasn't as nicely powered as you will be -- I had a long shaft 25 hp Marner outboard -- got the lowest pitch prop they made for it, and then had it de-pitched at a prop shop. Did hull speed at 2500 rpm. Went 1700 miles with her, across Florida through Okeechobee to the FL west coast and up to Sarasota.
I saw a similar boat to mine in FL that I really admired with twin stern wheels. He could turn on a dime. My outboard motor was useful for maneuverng in a crosswind, too -- but not nearly as effective as his was because he could reverse one wheel. He used a hydraulic motors off of a tractor pump and a tractor engine -- which was also kind of cool.
Will you have sidewheels?