A Day Sail on Our Seawind 1600 Catamaran + Testing the Gori Propeller | Harbors Unknown Ep. 17

A Day Sail on Our Seawind 1600 Catamaran + Testing the Gori Propeller | Harbors Unknown Ep. 17

The dawn of a new day. New possibility, new experiences. We begin each day anew with the opportunity to make it the best day yet.

We were untying the lines to head out for a day sail along the Fort Lauderdale coast on our Seawind 1600 catamaran. We also wanted to test the Gori folding propeller and understand the difference in performance between regular mode and overdrive mode.

Documenting our time here in Ft. Lauderdale has given me a new appreciation for the city. We are so lucky to be here right now. With the intercoastal, the canals and the ocean, it’s such a beautiful, small city and wonderful backyard to play in.

Our boat has a Gori Folding Propeller with a special overdrive mode. We are going to compare the gori propeller performance in regular mode and overdrive mode at 3 different rpm’s; 1500, 1700 and 2,000. To go into overdrive mode put the boat in neutral, then reverse and the boat must actually move in reverse through the water then shift into forward. We found a speed increase of half to one knot plus reduced vibration, engine noise, and fuel consumption.

Luckily the wind picked up a bit and we were able to practice some sail trimming on a beautiful sunset sail.

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Timecodes
00:00-00:20 Episode Intro
00:21-00:55 Channel Intro
00:56-04:47 Heading out to Sea
04:48-05:55 Testing the Gori Propeller Overdrive Mode
05:56-14:20 A Sunset Sail by Fort Lauderdale

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