Hey guys, hope someone can offer some suggestions.<br /><br />Took an 18' open fisherman out for a sea trial today. The boat was S-L-O-W. Acceleration was weak, and top end seemed low to me. If I had to guess I'd say maxed out we were doing maybe 25-30.<br /><br />According to the tach (which I'm going to "guess" was accurate) the engine idled around 1000 rpm and I think we maxed out around 4100-4200. Dealer "felt like" the right (original) prop was on the boat - and the boat was rated for a max hp of 130 so a 115 should have been appropriate.<br /><br />In all honesty, it just plain felt like we were only giving it 2/3 throttle. I didn't think at the time to check the linkage to make sure it was actually opening the throttle all the way, but lets assume it was.<br /><br />The more distressing thing was the overall acceleration - weak weak weak. It didn't take too long to plane, but it was a slow climb from 2200-3500 rpm. <br /><br />The dealer said "oh well it's been sitting, probably needs a carb rebuild" and they are going to take a whack at it and I left a refundable deposit, will try again in a week.<br /><br />Any other suggestions? Does it seem plausible that the carbs are the culpret here? Anything else that jumps out as wrong? (aside from maybe a prop that is way, way off?)<br /><br />From my reading it sounds like the engine should be hitting ~5000-5300 rpm no problem at WOT. Definitely didn't feel like this guy had it in him - I heard none of that familiar 2 stroke WOT scream in it... but overall it ran smoothly???
