Too much fun on the Sabre 40 sedan

Billy Black shoots most of our still images and these days he also brings along a video camera mounted on a gyro so as to stabilize the movement of the camera. Cool stuff.

On a recent foray into Casco Bay, Billy brought along his video equipment so you can get a glimpse of the 40 running at speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deomcXnK7j0&feature=email

Now keep in mind that the camera has flattened out the water in this video. It was blowing about 15 to 20 knots and there was a substantial chop inside the bay. Out in the open ocean the swells and waves were building and as you can see the boat performs impeccably in every situation.

The "fun" I refer to above is doing tight turns with Zeus. The first time I experienced this on a Zeus boat the captain said, "hold on.". Then he said, "no, I mean really, hold on." As soon as he threw the wheel hard over I knew why he had restated his order. To see and feel and 31,000lb boat going 31 knots do a turn in a full circle in just three boat lengths is a thrill. The "G" forces make you think you are in a jet fighter. Now, I don;t think too many owners are going to be doing this stuff but it is certainly nice to know you can dodge anything in your path with such agility. (and it it a heck of a lot of fun too I have to admit)

Comments

[Joe]

Although I enjoy reading about the development of your powerboat models, you haven't mentioned a sailboat in this space since August of 2008. Just saying.

[Bentley Collins]

Guilty as charged Joe.
I apologize to our sailboat owners that we have not been focussed on sail for a while and would welcome suggestions about blog topics from our sailing family. As you probably know the subject matter is easier for me when it is about a new model and at this time we don't have any new sail models in development.
However, last week one of our 386 owners set sail for Ireland and three weeks ago a Sabre 426 set sail for Europe so let me look into their passages and see if there is something to blog on about.