tonto wrote:Heck if you don't want it, I'll drive out wherever and get it, that price is too good to pass up! Even if you didn't have the funds for a motor at the moment, you could just get a tiny 5hp or 10hp or something to "get you by" until you could buy a bigger one.
I recently had my first ride on an M (Bill P's boat) during autopilot testing at our local lake. It was white-capping with occasional 1.5 ft waves. The floating dock was really getting hammered and acting like a bucking bronco.
All I can say about the M ride quality was WOW! What a huge improvement over the X. With no ballast and the mast down (less overriding inertia) the boat was super stable even with the 1.5 ft beam waves. We would nearly have been grabbing the life lines on our boat. The M seems to track much better with even with no rudders down.
The M was also less tender when moving around on the deck, most likely attributed to the 300 lb permanent ballast.
Today, I would personally consider giving up the extra 7 MPH top end to have the stability of the M. I still like the swing keel and cabin and deck lay out of our X.
Something to consider when looking at both boats.
Victor
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passing you on the other side!!
for $1.500 then it's heads you win, tails you win