Re: Tahiti vs Fiji

Figi scans at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/files/BIG%20BOLGER%20BOATS/Fiji/
same as:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K40D35733

Tahiti scans at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/files/BIG%20BOLGER%
20BOATS/Tahiti%20Design%20%23653%20/
same as:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D21D21733

1/24/2003 3:42:48 PM, Sam Glasscock <glasscocklanding@...> wrote:

>What has been the experience with the Sonic out-drive
>unit?

I looked into them when I was doing the catamaran thing. Decided against the Sonic drive on price alone - more than
the cost of a complete outboard as I recall. Perhaps that has changed.

Doug

--- Sam Glasscock <glasscocklanding@y...> wrote:

> What has been the experience with the Sonic out-drive
> unit?

I can't say much, never having seen one
first hand, but I like the fact that the
lift completely up out of the water [and
out of harms way & corrosion] when not in use.

http://www.sillette.co.uk/first.htm

What has been the experience with the Sonic out-drive
unit? Bolger encourages them as part of the
"no-holes-through-the-hull, high reliability"
philosophy, so I guess they have neither the
reliability problems of the traditional out-drive, nor
the big hole through the waterline at the transom
covered by a rubber bellows. Anybody able to describe
how they work and their general reputation?
--- "Bruce Hallman <brucehallman@...>"
<brucehallman@...> wrote:

> ---
> > Tahiti, if I remember right, is the blue-water
> version
> > of Topaz. It is a displacement cruiser designed
> for
> > the Duetz diesel. Neat boat. About forty feet, I
> > think.

Both of them have the Deutz F3L 1011

> oil cooled diesel motor with the Sonic outdrive.
> >
>

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--- Sam Glasscock <glasscocklanding@y...> wrote:

> Tahiti, if I remember right, is the blue-water version
> of Topaz. It is a displacement cruiser designed for
> the Duetz diesel. Neat boat. About forty feet, I
> think.

That is almost the same description as Fiji,
with the exception that Fiji has a sail rig,
a "Chinese Gaff", masts in tabernacles with
an 1" steel plate bottom, and swinging dagger
board. Both of them have the Deutz F3L 1011
oil cooled diesel motor with the Sonic outdrive.

I am guessing $50K in materials, and a (few?)
years 'spare' time to home build Fiji.

I have "just" the right spot picked out
in my back yard for such a project :)

Tahiti, if I remember right, is the blue-water version
of Topaz. It is a displacement cruiser designed for
the Duetz diesel. Neat boat. About forty feet, I
think. One is under construction in Florida
--- "Bruce Hallman <brucehallman@...>"
<brucehallman@...> wrote:

> On topic,
>
> I was just thinking about that recent
> article in MAIB discussing the
> assembly sequence of Fiji, (or was
> it Tahiti), [and as I don't have the
> magazine in my hand,] I am confronted
> with the fact that I confuse these
> two designs. Fiji is the long distance
> sailing cruiser, but I am not so sure
> about Tahiti. It is the long distance
> power cruiser? I couldn't easily find
> this info in the database or the 'photos'
> here at this group. I recall that their
> hull shapes and sizes are similar.
>
> And more, whew! Fiji is awesome, my
> next dream boat!
>
>
>
>

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On topic,

I was just thinking about that recent
article in MAIB discussing the
assembly sequence of Fiji, (or was
it Tahiti), [and as I don't have the
magazine in my hand,] I am confronted
with the fact that I confuse these
two designs. Fiji is the long distance
sailing cruiser, but I am not so sure
about Tahiti. It is the long distance
power cruiser? I couldn't easily find
this info in the database or the 'photos'
here at this group. I recall that their
hull shapes and sizes are similar.

And more, whew! Fiji is awesome, my
next dream boat!