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Having just come back from the BVI’s, the Bitter End was the highlight of our trip. The place IS magical, amazing and gorgeous in every way. We have already booked our charter for next year. After that we are going to purchase our own boat, and plan to be there for a couple months out of the year.
Thanks for the interview and video; indeed this boat is unique in design. One question now that I'm sure you have seen the boat in detail: on the owner cabin, is there any way to cover the glass panels by the roof/front of the boat? For privacy this must have been considered!! Thanks
As someone who has had both outboard and I/O, this is great! I am sick of the currently in vogue attack on sterndrives. Are they more expensive to maintain in the long run? Sure! Why would I sign up for that? Well...maybe I get some benefits in exchange. Like better handling--the weight of the engine is where it is supposed to be--at a low center of gravity inside my boat, not hanging off the end killing my transom. And for my particular boat--better acceleration, higher top speed, and superior fuel economy than if I had gone with a similarly rated outboard on the same boat. Oh yeah....and I get a lot more use out my boat--like the entire rear end! On a bowrider, this is absolutely priceless. Most people complaining on youtube seem to have bought ancient used boats for $10K and are angry their 25 year old stern drive needs work. Repairs and maintenance items specific to I/Os are not required constantly--only every 5-10 years....lets keep it in perspective. It is not like I/O boats are sinking all the time due to rotten bellows--this is not a real phenomenon--it's a silly scare tactic of outboard builders and fanboys. Not to mention all the tech advances in the last 10 years that people with old sterndrives know nothing about...titanium coatings, built in corrosion dissipating electronics, built in salt away flush, closed loop cooling so only a heat exchanger/exhaust are exposed to salt (don't get that in an outboard--all salt water cooled--still need to flush). And no more winterizing with "easy drain." Modern stern drives are more durable than many outboards and, other than the bellows and a couple other things, have exactly the same sorts of maintenance requirements. If you leave your boat in the salt every day forever then expect more maintenance unless you have these newer models, but again--you get a lot of benefit for the effort. And Sterndrives offer a platform for future hybrid electric engines in a way that outboards cannot. Every drive has pros and cons and sterndrives have gotten an exaggeratedly bad rap. Plenty of folks don't boat in salt at all, and others are happy to put up with some more maintenance to get corresponding benefits.
Great media product. *STUPENDOUS* innovation in this market segment underway. Need to start thinking in terms of Space Shuttle/SpaceX Starship which means jet drives and all of wet and wild tech that goes with that.
As a Kadey Krogen 48 owner, I can say that these boats are amazing, the company is wonderful and supportive and, even a bigger benefit, the owners are incredible. Own a Krogen and you become family. We have met the most incredible people in the last 5 years of owning our KK48! We are currently in the Bahamas with 3 other Krogens after spending more than a week in Georgetown with a total of 12 boats! The owners are amazing and helpful and some of the best around. Having a Krogen gives you an amazing boat with an amazing family!
Future looper here. I feel like the ability to only do 8-9 kts would drive me nuts--but so many people do. What am I missing? Why wouldn't you want a vessel that could to 16-20?
fuel economy is roughly 3 times the cost per mile. You can't cross an ocean/ long distance cruise in remote places because you will run out of fuel. A boat this large would need (guesstimating) two 750hp engines (1500hp) to reach speeds like that. It would also need to be a semi-displacement hull which has its negatives... narrower beam, rollier at anchor, can't haul as much weight... etc. It also wears you out physically running a boat at that faster speed for long distances. at 7-8 knots your still cooking meals etc
This is the most amazing boat, we bring from Ft. Lauderdale to Sarasota and then maybe do the loop. We want to go up to Newfoundland and Labrador, Bermuda and down to the Caribbean. How can we get it to the west coast, so it can go up to Alaska?
Volvo Penta wants us to just believe the myths are "busted" simply because they SAID SO. Ummmm, no. Show the data, show the visual results, or just shut up.
Good advice for heavy weather, but there are no truly rough inlets in Florida - The USCG doesn't have a single heavy weather or surf station in Florida. The closest heavy weather/surf station to Florida is in North Carolina (Station Oak Island near Wilmington NC)
Good question! All of our sonars (the Argos 350) use a standalone processing computer and are typically connected to the bridge monitors using video matrix, or kvm. We have an SDK that allows deeper integration, so third party ECS or ECDIS systems can use it to create overlays using our data. SonaSoft is our processing and display software, it supports S57 and S63 format charts. So in short, no, we are not normally added to the bridge via MFD but via normal monitor. Some MFDs allow for video input from computers like ours. (This is often listed as "Computer Input or HDMI Input". Not to be confused with analog "Camera Input".) Unfortunately, the ZEUS2 MFDs don't include this capability. We would welcome the opportunity to learn more about your application, please reach out to sales@farsounder.com if you have more questions!
Absolutely amazing, and hopefully myself along with my wife will be part of a new owner Y72 Capt/Stew Team shortly!! This makes it all the more exciting in every way, just hoping they have agar in onboard, but just being on this vessel will be great in itself! Thank you, Capt Steve
