Maiden voyage - a few questions

[Jon_Glastron]

I took my wife and kids out in the boat today for our maiden voyage.

All in all the boat ran great. I did notice once or twice when i hit the throttle real hard from a stop, it was almost like the prop was spinning but I had no real forward movement. I let off and hit is again and it was fine. It only did it twice out of a few dozen hard starts.

Is this normal?

The other question I have is this.
When I started off, I trimmed the motor all the way down. When I get going should I trim it down further to force the prop further under water to stop the prop spin out mentioned above?

 

[dgopetactical]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

We need more info. year make of engine/drive etc.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

you should be trimmed all the way in when coming out of the hole, and trim out as the boat gets on plane. what motor what boat, height of the motor, jack plate?

 

[Jon_Glastron]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

Sorry for the lack of info.

The boat is a 1985 Glastron Conroy 16 foot outboard. The motor is a 1988 Merc 100 hp.

I am not sure what a jack plate is. How do I measure the height of the motor?

 

[204 Escape]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

The 1999 Merc. Optimax that we had had a built in "delay" in it according to the salesman, that was built into it from the factory. Whether that is right or wrong, I don't know, but that is what it did. Is that what you were experiencing ??

Year, size, and model/brand please.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

the flat plate just above the prop, should be even and in line with the keel of the boat, or up to 1 1/2 inches above the keel. you need to find out what prop you have size and pitch, also what your max rpms are at wide open. if you have too high of pitch, you could be getting slippage, which means the prop is turning too steep to grab the water.

 

[Jon_Glastron]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

It is not really a delay, it is almost like when you spin the tires on your car, the engine rpms increase but no real forward motion.

 

[Jon_Glastron]

Re: Maiden voyage - a few questions

the flat plate just above the prop, should be even and in line with the keel of the boat, or up to 1 1/2 inches above the keel. you need to find out what prop you have size and pitch, also what your max rpms are at wide open. if you have too high of pitch, you could be getting slippage, which means the prop is turning too steep to grab the water.

That plate is about even with the keel. When you say in line, does that mean if I put a straight edge on the keel out to the plate they should be on the same plane/angle?

The prop is new this year so I hope the shop sold me the correct one?