I packed up the Corvette with one of my PT boats in the Suburban for the trip to the lake today and you can see the difference in the size of the hull from this perspective. While Tom was on his way, I launched the Corvette and got in a couple of images during a slow speed run to break in the bearings and it’s a good thing I did. One of the bearings in the left strut galled but eventually freed itself after some more gentle running. As you can see the boat sits bow down according to the scale waterline but picks it up when it’s underway. It also rocked side to side when it hit some rough water. I experimented with the placement of 3 ½ pounds of ballast until I found a sweet spot a little more forward of the CG. The bow is down some more at rest but the boat runs better when it speeds up and is much more stable. I’ll permanently install the ballast at this point. There was some water between a set of frames that may have come in via the lubrication tubes in the stuffing boxes. I did not have anything to plug them up with me. It wasn’t much after ten minutes. Tom’s preparing another one of his Academy worthy productions with video and more stills. Dan