[C320-list] GFO and Autoprop first report

[jonvez at comcast.net]

Russ,

You will be equally (more?) satisfied what the AP gets you under sail! Enjoy!

Regards,

Jon Vez

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From: Russell Monaco <russgm at yahoo.com> 

> Escape made its initial voyage of the year today. Also its initial voyage with 
> GFO packing and the Autoprop, here is my incredible report: 
> 
> GFO: 
> Completely dry, not a drip after motoring for about 2 hours! also nut was not 
> very hot!! unbelievably impressive...$15 well spent! 
> 
> Autoprop: 
> OMG!!!! We no longer have a sail boat its a high preformance motor boat! we 
> had to motor, hadn't gotten the sails from the loft yet, so we motored for 2 
> hours, the entire time, the GPS SOG said high 6's, 6.8, 6.9 while at 2,600rpms 
> and the speed thru the water on the knot meter showed us above 8 kts the entire 
> time (can that be true??) 
> 
> A doubly satisfied upgrader- 
> russ monaco 
> commodore C320IA 
> Escape 
> Stamford, Ct 
> 
> 
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