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Alec,
If it helps, my 350 has a 3 Hp aft thruster
and two 3/4 Hp side thrusters and it moves along. Exactly how fast is just
a guess but I'd say about five MPH. Total 4 1/2 Hp. As you
probably know 9 Hp won't move you twice as fast.
A note on glassing in the under side of the soft
tanks, I was talking to Captain Kittredge when I was doing mine and her
mentioned to be sure to drill a few holes in the most forward and aft ends
of the tanks to insure any trapped air would bleed out if you ended up nose
of tail straight up like a buoy. I drilled two 5/8 holed in each
end of mine. They don't burp out at the ends anyway.
Where in Fla. are you going and when? I'll
be near Fort Myers in a few weeks but I won't have the opportunity to
take Persistence. :-(
Dan H.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:12
AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] towing
requirements
Hi
all,
I?m planning a trip to
South
FL, and have
run into the issue of finding a tow boat for a K-250, since I would need to do
tows of 4 to 7 miles each way in open water. One option is to purchase an
inflatable, and they come in a huge range of sizes and engine capacities.
Smaller is better for me, but only so long as it?s not TOO small. Any little
tender with a whimpy motor will move a K boat to some extent, but for those
who have ?been there done that?, what do you consider would be appropriate for
open water use, for example getting home against the Gulf Stream? If I can
decide on 35 HP, 50 HP, etc. I can work that back to a matching boat.
The sub itself, BTW, I have
modified for towing by glassing in the ballast tanks and using stove-pipes, so
that they don?t ?burp? as much.
Thanks,
Alec
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