XS 515 rib - My new boat

[harrison]

Probably good value.

More expensive than say Craftinsire for similar value, but assuming better cover more tailored to your needs.

[Tellum]

Wow,cracking rib. A bit different then your tiller steer 420.
I feel I am leaning towards bigger and faster the more I am on the water. I got that boat bug again. Hoping to get up to 5 meter size in a year or two. Need to get my monies worth out of what I got first. Enjoy!.

[Sibfisher]

That's a lovely boat you got there must be well pleased

[sonny1]

definitly well pleased , even more so if the weather ever clears enough to take it out. i just want a nice bright day for the first outing, dont mind how cold it is.

[Sibfisher]

We have had our first day of sunshine and warm so the big day inflated my kb 350 so excited will take photos and send a post

[sonny1]

we all love pictures on here

[sonny1]

Great pics, fab to see the set up and looks very smart - similar layout to our 4.8

[sonny1]

ive had my new xs rib out of the garage this morning to run the engine up for a while . i ran the motor for 30 minutes in two sets of 15 minutes each with 10mins cooldown in between. i took the revs up to 2700 briefly ,the rest of the time gentle varied revs between idle and 2000 rpm . all good. one other job done was to remove front seat back rest because it was restrcting me sitting far enough back from the steering wheel. so the remedy was dense foam pipe lagging taped on and then covered with a purpose made seat squab . not ideal but it does give me enough room .

[harrison]

Looking good there @sonny1
Nice touch catching pee hole water.

Great to fire up your new motor but wouldn’t recommend counting this as part of the running in hours. Best done under load on water and varying revs.

Know what you mean re backrest being near, so good solution. The deep hydraulic helm unit pushes the wheel too far back off console. Got used to mine tbh, and being a bit close makes a good leaning post for helming standing in the rough.

[sonny1]

thanks ian @harrison for your comments and point taken about "running in "hours being done under load