Buckman,only time I ever see ur boat is when there is a large tuna on the deck !

130 for kite reel
 

Question, what is the advantage of using a 130 for a kite reel?

We use 50's and they work fine. If it's blowing 40 knots and your kite is up it's a problem bringing it in. We lost 1 last year while hooked up because we couldn't get the kite in.We won't use kites in winds like that again. lol
If I was going to use a 130 I would just spend the $$$ on an electric set up.

By kite rod - i meant the 130 tuna rod with the bait on it is loaded with braid (just the top 200 yards) - it flies alot easier than 200 lb mono and you can keep your baits up on lighter wind days.
I set up a 50W and an 80W this way.
I just use a 6/0 star drag with braid to fly the kite itself.

thanks Jay, that clears it up.

Black seacraft,known to hit sandbars

That's the way we set up too Jay.

Hope we see it out there more next year!

nice looking rig marky - take me for a ride next year

Love to get you out there this yr Niko so you can show me how it's done. Buckman this is the year lets get em :)

Buck man - SFE and Tigress are making "high wind" kites now. They look like regular fishing kites, but have holes in them to dump wind. I haven't tried one, but it might worth looking in to. Captain Harry's website has them.
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1989 bonito open bow with 88 90 evenrude

Sandman, is this a direct drive or outdrive?

In my boat a volvo penta duoprop outdrive coupled to a diesel. This, coupled with the cored hull is how they achieve the mileage.
They are semi-custom boats, you can get them with any kind of power you want, many are OB's on a bracket in a CC model. http://www.volvopenta.com/volvopenta...terndrive.aspx

I think now they are even building a new 32 with volvo IPS drives. But expect to pay big $$ for it. Personally, after doing a lot of research I feel the best combo for boats of this size and type would be a single diesel with a Pod drive (ala ZF) and a bow thruster. ZF Marine?s New Single POD Propulsion
SeeVee built a test boat last year for ZF with one and it was pretty impressive. Great reliability, amazing fuel economy excellent maneuverability and really good top end compared to a straight inboard. ZF is trying to work out issues in its electronic positioning controller (similar to volvo ips drives) (ie virtural anchor, etc) . The big difference is that it uses a single drive and a bow thruster vs volvo's dual ips drives. Personally I feel they should not wait for this to be worked out as the efficiency of a single for me is more than enough reason to jump on this concept. I spoke to the seavee rep and he said they have built a lot of boats with this same powerplant and nothing even came close to the performace with the ZF drive.
SeeVee 340 Open Center Console Boat 2011 Performance Test / Detail Review - By BoatTEST.com - YouTube

My "dream" rig would be this powerplant/drive in a boat design similar to what I have now.

2001 Seaswirl Striper 1851ccwith a 2001 Evinrude 135

I like the look of that boat!

17 more payments and she's all mine