A rookie's observations 26x/26m sailing characteristics
- Trouts Dream
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- Location: Calgary, Alberta--1997 26X--Yamaha 90HP 2 Stroke....grunt, grunt
Re: A rookie's observations 26x/26m sailing characteristics
With the money I saved on the musclehead sail I bought a 90 HP 2 stroke Yamaha, so speed is no longer an issue. 
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waternwaves
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Re: A rookie's observations 26x/26m sailing characteristics
........... 1/4 mile characteristics of two motor homes.........
Having seen motorhomes race..... I think it is more like 2 volkswagen vans..... jmho.
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Kelly Hanson East
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Re: A rookie's observations 26x/26m sailing characteristics
My VW van pulls my 2002
quite nicely, thank you very much...
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waternwaves
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Re: A rookie's observations 26x/26m sailing characteristics
I have a bit of history with the VW van also having owned a 72 for 24 years and 328,000 miles, and the admiral having owned a 91.
The newer vans are considerably quicker, and suspended better.
I only had 62 hp factory rated.........and after ac and all the other weight was onboard...... freeway speeds were much easier when we had the stay alive at 55. that vehicle was not desiged for 3 hours a day of 70 mph, across the hanford desert at 110 degrees And I put in enough additional cooling and engines to prove it.
But,
for some reason, I thought you bought the Toureg?
The newer vans are considerably quicker, and suspended better.
I only had 62 hp factory rated.........and after ac and all the other weight was onboard...... freeway speeds were much easier when we had the stay alive at 55. that vehicle was not desiged for 3 hours a day of 70 mph, across the hanford desert at 110 degrees And I put in enough additional cooling and engines to prove it.
But,
for some reason, I thought you bought the Toureg?
