Crazy Lazy

Today was a kind of crappy day, which made it a good day. It was pretty much what I needed.

The smoke is back. It is lingering in the air. Like a fart in an elevator. Unlike a rank elevator fart I think I am used to the smell. I do not notice it anymore. But today the sun looked more like the moon. The haze in the air blotted it out. You could look directly at the sun without it bothering your eyes.

By the way, in the Iguana Links there is a link to the most current fire map.

But the smoke is here because of a stiff wind. And this stiff wind whipped up some nice whitecaps in the bay. This is where it gets good. I wanted those whitecaps.

Needless to say, the water test of the power cat went well. They do ride as nice as everyone says. The boat went right up on a plane, no problems at all. Usually the bow pitches up, the boat makes its way over the bow wave, and then the bow settles down. Cats do not do this. They do not push their way over the bow wave. They cut through it. The boat just rises out of the water and goes.

So anyway, long story short I have a new cat. The financing company liked the ride as much as I did. So it is here now.

As part of the water test, I took her into the wind and chop at all speeds from idle to full throttle. No problems. The ride was much nicer than it would have been in the old boat. No bouncing around at all. I also took the cat into a beam sea. A beam sea is the WORST conditions you can take a boat into. When you are running a "beam sea" it means you are running parallel to the wave lines. The waves hit the boat along the side. The boat handled it without a problem.

Running a following sea was fun really. The boat just skipped along like nothing.

The old boat will outrun the cat on glass smooth water. The old boat can top 40 mph, while the cat reaches a top speed of about 35 mph. But under all but the absolute BEST conditions, the cat gives a better and drier ride. It really is amazing how the thing runs.

Oh one other thing. The turns. The cat can turn tight. And the boat does not lean in a turn. It turns more like a car with VERY stiff suspension. You can turn and throw everyone on the boat over the side. So I have to remember to turn slowly and gently. At least until I get used to the way the boat feels underway.

Now begins the process of removing some things from the old boat and placing them in the new boat. Like the on board battery charger. And the marine cassette player / FM/AM radio. Yes cassette player. I use a satellite radio tuner on the boat - so that means I should probably remove the satellite radio antenna. And some other things.

More pictures of the power cat once I get it back in the water.

And I need a name for the boat. I was thinking of some cat theme names, but they all suck.

1. Cat Box
2. Toxoplasmosis

That is it. But "Cat Box"? Talk about a shitty boat name! Cant really get shittier than Cat Box! And Toxoplasmosis is just as bad. It is too long, and a disease to boot. Another bad boat name. Might as well name it "artificial reef" or something. The previous owner called the boat "Seagull". I may just keep that name. It is already written in the hull. Seagull is the name of the company that made the boat. But I have some ideas for another name that is not shitty or a horrible disease.