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Hi all, looking for a little knowledge as im at the edge of my nerves with this. Ive got a 1986 Searay 21' cuddy w/a 5.7 merc. I had 4 ppl (700lbs) in the boat and she was hesitant to plane off, but did. I then topped off my gas tank w/ about 20 gallons. On the way out of the marina when i opened the throttle, rpm's wouldnt go over 3000 and she wouldnt plane out, causing a engine rod to bend. A week later I swapped the rod out and retested the boat, same results, would not plane w, just me on the boat. Boat is freshly bottom painted this season, however i did see some amount of growth on prop, but most came off naturally on way out of marina. What to do next???? PS tilt/trim all working properlyand ive owned the boat about 5 yrs without this problem
Hi all, looking for a little knowledge as im at the edge of my nerves with this. Ive got a 1986 Searay 21' cuddy w/a 5.7 merc. I had 4 ppl (700lbs) in the boat and she was hesitant to plane off, but did. I then topped off my gas tank w/ about 20 gallons. On the way out of the marina when i opened the throttle, rpm's wouldnt go over 3000 and she wouldnt plane out, causing a engine rod to bend. A week later I swapped the rod out and retested the boat, same results, would not plane w, just me on the boat. Boat is freshly bottom painted this season, however i did see some amount of growth on prop, but most came off naturally on way out of marina. What to do next???? PS tilt/trim all working properlyand ive owned the boat about 5 yrs without this problem
