[PCW] Maine Cat/Glacier Bay was Perry

[rannyreynolds at comcast.net]

Mark,

The problems were what was relayed to me at Solomons TrawlerFest.  They did not have a whole lot of good to say about Glacier.  But, I have been in IT for 30+ years, and the BETA tests always have problems.  Maybe Glacier Bay finally got their product debugged.  I hope so, as I would love to do a Great Loop in a quiet boat.

Ranny
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From: Mark <mark424x at yahoo.com>
> Ranny, Can you provide any more details?  
> 
> My memory from the early 2007 test was that the LCD control panel was pretty 
> crude and there were some motor over heating issues, but Dick was still working 
> on some underbody cavitation issues, so it's not clear to me how much of the 
> performance issues were with the Glacier Bay set up vs a first generation hull 
> prototype.  As Glacier Bay seems to be working with a lot of manufacturers and 
> had nice injection of capital, I hope they are making progress.
> 
> By the reports of the latest test it seems that Maine Cat has the underbody 
> dialed in (no reports on vibration across the range though).  I thought the 
> there was a report of the first order being for the hybrid version, so am 
> curious if they'll go back and try the diesel electric set up.
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/21/07, rannyreynolds at comcast.net <rannyreynolds at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> > Anyone considering this should have a talk with Maine Cat. 
> > They had a pretty bad test with Glacier Bay.  Still, it is a
> > technology that seems almost mature.
> > 
> > Ranny Reynolds
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