Taboma
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Due to the lack of any keel and a flat bottom and one fuck of a lot of mass --- these Mark 8's can be spun on a dime and are amazingly maneuverable. Also their lack of much superstructure makes them less susceptible to windage --- but then there's that no keel deal.
What one really needs to consider with these and with newbie skippers in training ---- Newton's 1st law, with particular attention to the 2nd half of that law --- about things in motion tending to stay in motion. When using the engines to spin it in reverse, the bow, with that massive ramp, had a tendency to keep right on coming around.
Judicious use of the throttle was advised.
The shop welders were kept quite busy re-welding on railing stanchions, and those steel and aluminum hulls had plenty of "Opps" dents.
Those fiberglass boats on either end of Rob's Mike Boat, wouldn't stand a chance if he just decided to pull on out and not be graceful about it.
What one really needs to consider with these and with newbie skippers in training ---- Newton's 1st law, with particular attention to the 2nd half of that law --- about things in motion tending to stay in motion. When using the engines to spin it in reverse, the bow, with that massive ramp, had a tendency to keep right on coming around.
Judicious use of the throttle was advised.
The shop welders were kept quite busy re-welding on railing stanchions, and those steel and aluminum hulls had plenty of "Opps" dents.
Those fiberglass boats on either end of Rob's Mike Boat, wouldn't stand a chance if he just decided to pull on out and not be graceful about it.