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I just purchased my first power boat. It's a 1986 Baja Islander 180 with a mercruiser 140 I/O. I took it out the other day with a full tank of fuel, 2 180 lbs. people and a 40 lbs. person. At wide open throttle the Garmin said I was doing 34 mph and I was running dead on 4000 rpm. I had the...