Got a new boat and dont like my HIGH 5 prop need advice

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Re: Got a new boat and dont like my HIGH 5 prop need advice

wow its people like you that really **** me off.

Well, then. You came here, right, hoping to get an answer for your question. You have gotten the answer. That boat was not designed to be a go-fast boat, and it appears to be working just as designed. You're hitting 50 in it, with a prop that suits it, at an RPM the engine is designed to turn.

As someone pointed out, there are tons of boats out there that will do 60 or 70 or even more. If that's your goal, then sell yours and buy one of them. They won't be much good for hauling wakeboarders or skiers, but you'll go fast.

Heck, my next door neighbor's old bass boat is up for sale. It'll do 70, easy, and he only wants $5000 for it. Lots of boats like that out there.

If you come here, ask a question, but get an answer you don't like, please don't just cop an attitude and tell us what a dude you are. That won't change the answer one bit.

Folks here like to help, but we can't make your boat...one designed to top out at about 50 mph...go 60. You could drop a bunch of bucks in it, I suppose, and get close to that speed, but you'll lose reliabilty and the nice ability to pull skiers and wakeboarders without pulling their arms from their sockets.

If that doesn't make sense to you...sorry 'bout that.

 

[tmh]

Re: Got a new boat and dont like my HIGH 5 prop need advice

i do it for my own self gratification,

Well, I also recommended a girlfriend.......maybe kill two birds with one stone....

OK, I'm gonna guess the thru hull exhaust is so others can HEAR your "self-gratification", right?

btw, I own five restaurants and lived on a boat for 8 years. My 19' boat goes 70 mph with the stock 5.0L engine and the thru hull exhaust alone can blast a wakeboarder out of the water with the boat in neutral. See......YOU need to KNOW WHO I AM!!!!!!

As i expected, no safety course ever taken........big surprise there.

Dude, I agree i made some leaps about what sort of boater you are, and i exagerated as well to make the point. You may be a safe boater....but even if you are you very obviously are NOT experienced to the level of boatng over 60 mph. Living on a boat is of no value to you when you're flying around in a boat that is going way faster then it's designed to go captained by a rookie.

PLEASE don't try to sell your boating experience here - your first few posts about pitch, power, etc. show you are a novice......AGAIN, nothing wrong with that, and welcome to boating, but it is what it is. Boating is not the same as tricking out your gokart for fast runs in the field with no one else around. OTHERS' lives depend on your boat being under proper control at all times.

btw, just curious, how much are you paying for wholesale bulk ground beef at your restaurant? How much has it gone up in the past year?

 

[jokergerm]

Re: Got a new boat and dont like my HIGH 5 prop need advice

I am paying like 2.10 lb for 80/20 lean ground beef. at cash and carry wholesale

was paying 1.79

 

[Senderofan]

Re: Got a new boat and dont like my HIGH 5 prop need advice

Joker:

The fine folks here are trying to help you...not trying to make you angry. Their advice can /and is... worth its weight in gold....because they've " Been there done that" or know people that have.

I can appreciate wanting more speed at times....I had to run through a nasty thunderstorm last week in Northwestern Ontario. There were five of us in the boat with our fishing gear. Alas, my boat would only go @ 47 mph per GPS ( She does 50 with just me). But, I realize that to get any more speed...I'll have to go from a 150 hp O.B. to a 175...no other way around it...unless I mod the motor....which concerns me about reliability and the availability of premium gas when I'm in the middle of nowhere.

I like the advice about your Alpha drive not being up to the task of handling more rpm's / power. Very sound advice! My lowly crewcab is only 550-600 rwhp...but way before that level of power...Mr. Allison told me he was unhappy and limped several times...burnt frictions and steels. Then things got expensive. I guess what I'm saying is....It might be wise to consider a different boat rather than having to upgrade your drive and motor....since it's pretty easy to mod a motor...but then other things start breaking.

I admire all you folks out there who own restuarants....Grew up working in them....it takes a whole lot of time out of a persons life....and when you add that up verus the pay and add in all the stress....I think there are higher paying jobs out there...So God Bless Y'all !

Good Luck...Try not to be cheesed off at the advice given here....there is some valuable advice hidden amongst some of the sarcasm.

Wayne