Monaco by Rich Coey, Modesto, California
1 May 2007
Launched the boat on April 28th.
- It worked perfectly, gets on plane almost instantly with almost no bow rise. A very smooth dry ride even through choppy water.
- It ran 55 mph with four people and a full tank of gas according to speedometer on board and friend in bass boat along side. Should do even better with a lighter load.
- Power: carbureted 350 chevy, 1:1 velvet drive, 13 x 16 prop at 5000 rpm.
- Total build time was 934 hours.
Could not be more pleased with the looks and performance of
this boat. Thank you for a great set of plans.
Rich
1 August 2007
Am sending one more picture that I think really shows off the lines of the boat. I am looking forward to building another (I don't know what yet), but right now we are having too much fun with this one.
14 October 2008 Update
See photos of Rich's Summer 2008 adventures
with his Monaco in WebLetter 106