https://www.go-fast.com/Knowledge-base/What-is-Prop-Slip/Prop-slip-calculator:
Plugging in
1.64 gear ratio
13P prop
4500 RPM
Zero slip = 34 MPH
Add estimated 15% slip considering boat and load: 29 MPH
Changing pitch to 11:
27 MPH with same slip at 5000 if engine came up to that RPM
30 MPH...
Well I had a 10' Lowe (brand) Lake John for a lotta years. Gave it to the crew (as a thank you as they needed one)nm that built my shop when I moved out of town to the country....Muskogee, Ok. folks and great workers....... The Lake John was wider and had deeper sides than normal Johns of 10'...
What do you mean "transom has some negative angle"? If the top of the transom tilts back slightly, that's normal. That tilt would be beneficial to any tilt pin adjustment. If it's toward the boat, most unusual, then you will certainly need to move the tilt pin farther out.....maybe all the way...
Yes sir I totally agree. When I was a kid we had a 10 HP engine and rented 14' skiffs at the marina. We took a stick along with us and went out in the bay. When we got to the fishing grounds we would idle along and with a stick "sound" the bottom. When the mud changed to a clanging noise and...
What are you trying to achieve with a jack plate?
The amount of hull in the water, and hull type varies the "drag" on the prop's ability to propel the boat. The less hull in the water the faster you go with the same engine and prop.
Just because you have a 19" pitch, the characteristics of the...
Turning Point, Hustler come with all the amenities of upper class SS props except for their high grade aluminum construction that causes the blades to be thicker than SS blades. One of the amenities is prop blade tip cupping. Cupping helps the prop to grab water better and reduces slipping...
He's 200 RPM above the limiter.......it's 5250 and Faztbullet said that if you disable it and go over that speed with those engines expect piston problems. I just sold my 2002 115 so I know......about the limitation, not that I had problems. My engine pushed my 2002 17.5' Crestliner Fish Hawk...
Wow! Nothing like the boat I mentioned. I snooped around the boat looking at the construction and rugged, first class all the way.......snooping since it made me want to buy one and I wanted to check it out.
"I had a SeaRay 19 footer which handled the waves real well, as the hull was really good and it had a 4.3LX so the weight was on my side. "
Coworker had a 19' Sea Ray with a 165 I6. That was probably the finest boat I ever entered. The deepV hull was (as you say), great on our windblown lakes...
Sure would be nice if posters on here show us the courtesy of giving us closure on problems they have and our efforts to help them solve their problems......How do we know that the ideas we have did any good or not so that in future postings with similar problems, we know what worked.....at...
I had a family of 6. We bought a new 18' Caravelle tri-hull, bow seating with a 125 Johnson. We boated on 40-60k acre lakes around here which were usually wind blown. It was a good match. Kids would ski in tandem and I could slalom with the rest of the family in the boat at 35 MPH or...
Couple of thoughts:
Assuming you only have one switch for your tilt and this is suspected as being in the wiring harness between the switch and the unit. Unplug that connector and see if your tilt works or not. If no, then you are on the right track.
In my last boat I had 3 PTT switches: On...
I noticed the hand rail on top of the cabin offering support when you walk on the Gunwale around the cab and want some support.......I really like that...find it to be a must have!!!! You really ought to enjoy that boat.
On what you paid for it.........forget it!!!!! Money is long gone and...
On the topic of this post: I forget what it was but decades ago I painted something with Aluminum Paint. The problem I had with that choice was that the pigment that was at the surface of the painted surface was not sufficiently bonded to the paint and the Aluminum rubbed off on me and my...
