This morning I returned Koan to Ventura. There was absolutely no wind, so I motored at half-throttle all the way. I couldn't gun the engine, because it's still in its break-in period. I got between 4.5-5.5 kts, depending on waves, and burned through 2.5 gallons of gas in 5 hours.
It was beautiful on the Channel, with big interesting skies, lots of dolphins and little jumping fish, a couple sunfish. The sea state was a little confused, with a short period small swell from the SE, but you can't win them all. The dolphins were really the highlight, since they seemed unbothered by Koan's motor and hung around for an hour or so, pointing the way and playing along.
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