Look at the smiles!

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mla2ofus

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Re: Look at the smiles!

Makes that barge worth every penny, doesn't it!!
Mike
 
trout74

trout74

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Re: Look at the smiles!

yep! it sure does. wish i would have bought one sooner, but i feel like they are young enough to enjoy it for a long time. Grandma said " I hope we get to come along often". Boating is great, it brings the family together, kids have fun, parents and old folks too. I will say at the end of the day I am beat. 5-6 hours on the water and I am ready for bed! But its worth it.

trout
 
trout74

trout74

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Re: Look at the smiles!

As an aside, just cause im fiddling with props, I ran my 14/13pitch, and with a pretty heavy load, 4 adults and three kids and gear, I maxed out at 5500 RPM's and 23.6mph ( via GPS). Pretty happy with that, fast enough for fun tube rides and getting across lake fairly quickly.
 
lncoop

lncoop

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Re: Look at the smiles!

Good deal trout. Glad it's working out for you. Have you made your final decision on the prop(s)?
 
trout74

trout74

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Re: Look at the smiles!

yep, I bought an 11 and a 13. I going to ultimately keep both, just to have a backup. But I will run the 13 as my standard, the eleven I think ran too high RPMs, 6100 RPMs's with 6 people is a little high I think. I liked having 7 people this weekend and running 5500 RPM's WOT. The Manual says 5000-6000 in the Mercury book, so Ithink im right on with the 13,

And to give credit where credit is due, that was YOUR prediction a month ago :).
Just really happy withthe performance of the 75 and the 20 ft. boat. I know the weeres is a relatively light rig being entry level, but I just like the set up alot. Thanks for the help!

TROUT
 
lncoop

lncoop

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Re: Look at the smiles!

Excellent. Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.;)
 
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