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Bonnie B's New Boat |
Bonnie is sailing this 08 season in his fourth build. His new boat is sleek, comfy, handles well and can be seen from miles away. He also just completed a custom enclosed trailer to give his boat a good home when not on the ice. Bonnie is running a 10' rear beam and a cut down Hobie 16 Mast. His hull is plywood construction. Bonnie being a welder has one of the best working brakes on any boat that I have seen. His braking system will either rip a hole in the ice, lift the boat off the ice or in most cases stop the boat in its tracks. Mike, Bonnie and I are running the same basic footprints on our boats even though they look nothing alike. One of the biggest drawbacks to building your own boat is getting the icetime to tune and adjust the boat. With us all using the same footprint we can build in the ballpark and and when on the ice we can easily swap parts and pieces tohelp each other out when in a pinch. We also can drive each others boats and point out something that doesn't look or feel right. I think over all our fleet has become faster by doing this. Bonnie has tried his boat with three different sets of runners and four different sails in the last two sailing days we have had. It is a great way to find out what works and what doesn't before building and or buying sails and runners. I think todays(Jan 13) combination was working very well for him. |