TOPIC: First Water Test

Took her out today for the first time in almost 30 years! So long, it was out of the DMV system and they had to issue me new numbers. I just printed out and scotch taped them on, that's why it looks like that.

It runs a little rough at idle and low speeds but doesn't stall or smoke too bad. On the throttle though it pops on plane almost instantly and we got 43 mph on gps in both directions which is pretty good considering the V-bottom.

Fuel consumption is high. I hope it's a float level problem, but I doubt it.

Now it's time to take it apart again and put in carpet and side panels.

Keep us up dated. Looks like a nice boat.

Congrats on the successful re-launch Mark, she's lookin' good out there! Talk about renewed motivation, huh?!

Thanks guys. I'll post an update on the next step.

Was also thinking about prop. It's hitting about 6,100 and I think the safe range is around 5,500 for that motor. Does anyone know if that's correct?

Thanks,

Mark

Mark, sounds like it's propped perfectly for slalom skiing, but you'd probably get more speed out of it and drop rpm to a slightly-less-insane level by going with a prop with 2" more pitch.

The 1250 is a very torquey motor and it'll certainly pull a bigger prop with ease........ed

p.s. they are NOT known for their fuel thriftiness!

ed_mc wrote:

Mark, sounds like it's propped perfectly for slalom skiing, but you'd probably get more speed out of it and drop rpm to a slightly-less-insane level by going with a prop with 2" more pitch.

The 1250 is a very torquey motor and it'll certainly pull a bigger prop with ease........ed

p.s. they are NOT known for their fuel thriftiness!

Thanks Ed. I think I'll start looking for a 19 pitch. Regarding the fuel consumption...damn!

Thanks,
Mark