Thanks for the warm welcome!

I guess I need gallery access to view the gallery....I'll check the FAQ...

Fuel burn...all I can say is she's a fuel pig! Very thirsty from what little I've run her. Definately needs more capacity. I have a couple of 27 gallon tanks I'm going to install under a pair of bench seats just aft of the captains chairs. I also ran across a thread on a fuel monitoring device I will investigate more. I suspect 2-3mpg at a cruise of 4000rpm, but that is a WAG.

The transon is in the water drifting to the old self bailer where the transom notch used to be. It's all been raised to the same height of the sides, so, so far, dry.

As for stability, I really have nothing to reference it with. But she seemed pretty dug in when I had the throttles pushed all the way forward. There was a little chop from the wind and the occasional swell from the gulf. But really too fast for my comfort (now). 4000rpm seemed to be a good cruise rpm and still plenty fast.

One thing I really like about this boat, and I'm sure you guys already know this, is the way she handles swells and chop. Very dry ride. We went out to the end of the Galveston north jetty to see how she rode in real seas (5.7ft buy the bouy at the end). She did real good, but I sure wouldn't want to do that for fun! Turned around and surfed back in.

Also, a compound and wax on the hull did WONDERS! Looks nearly new. Got rid of the stripe remnants.

I'll post a few pictures after I register for the gallery & photobucket.