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Old 12 June 2011, 13:32   #41
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Tornado 4.5, 42mph flay calm Yamaha 60hp 2 stroke..With 60hp 4 stroke 36mph
Interesting-how much weight difference is there between the motors you used?
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Old 12 June 2011, 13:35   #42
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Tornado 4.5, 42mph flay calm Yamaha 60hp 2 stroke..With 60hp 4 stroke 36mph

What size prop on the 60hp 2 stroke for 42 mph?


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Old 12 June 2011, 15:39   #43
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Wow! 48mph with only 70hp. Impressive
Yeah just a bit, i get 36mph out of my mariner 75 running a 21"prop on my 6m.
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Yeah just a bit, i get 36mph out of my mariner 75 running a 21"prop on my 6m.
Thats good for that size of engine ? most peeps would have double that HP on that size of hull
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Old 12 June 2011, 18:46   #45
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First boat with stepped hull and powerlift.... More to come
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Old 12 June 2011, 21:28   #46
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First boat with stepped hull and powerlift.... More to come
Is it just me ? .. but the name on your plotter might be connected with your massive speed
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Is it just me ? .. but the name on your plotter might be connected with your massive speed
Had to check what you meant Swedish language is fantastic sometimes...

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Boat weight (Wet) 1350. Viper 22" Evinrude Etec 250HO, 5850 revs, two way average with me on board alone, light load with only ~60litres fuel: 52knts exactly. With both of us and a weeks worth of camping kit it struggles over 48. Heck, just having GD on board drops at least 2 knots!
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470 Hurricane. 70hp Evinrude. Fairly flat. 35kts.
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Thats good for that size of engine ? most peeps would have double that HP on that size of hull
I bought the boat with a 115 johnson v4 on the back which was tired and needed work doing, I already had the 75 on a stand so i put that on. i swapped from the 19"prop to the 21" meaning acceleration isnt the best but is good for covering distance and also keeps top end revs down a little.
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What sort of prop and size are you running and what engine revs are you getting at WOT
Standard prop

6000RPM


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Valiant DR750, Merc 150, 19inch pitch, all 13 stone of me on board and 2 litres of fuel - 15 knots MAX.......

Still have major issues!

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Valiant DR750, Merc 150, 19inch pitch, all 13 stone of me on board and 2 litres of fuel - 15 knots MAX.......

Still have major issues!

did you remember to untie the rope from the quay side
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Old 21 June 2011, 22:02   #54
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No it didn't come with a quayside. The prop model number says LH on the end - tried to google it but no luck so far......
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Old 21 June 2011, 22:14   #55
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No it didn't come with a quayside. The prop model number says LH on the end - tried to google it but no luck so far......
Dats yer problem then .. try leaving from de other side next time .. and seeing as water always goes down the plughole clockwise in de norn' hemisphere .. keep makin roit turns on de way out ye'll be doin 50 before ye know it
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Old 22 June 2011, 10:08   #56
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I once managed 312 Knts on the GPS through Largs marina!

It would appear all those masts confused the Garmin for a couple of miliseconds and it momentarily put me half a mile up the hill according to the track log. I guess in the time it got confused and corrected itself the mile round trip would have needed to be at 312 Knots!
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Old 22 June 2011, 19:51   #57
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Is your engine new or second hand? could your engine have a left hand prop fitted instead of a rigt hand, then been rigged to run the engine in reverse so as to make the boat go forward. outboards tend not to run at full speed in reverse!
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Old 16 July 2011, 17:43   #58
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I've done 42knots...that was the limit of my personal comfort...we could have done more...normally cruise around 25knots (bugs hurt at 42kn)
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5.85 Ribtec with 150 Opti, light fuel load & 23" prop touched 44 kts BUT chine walked at anything over 32 ish knots, so much so I'd resigned myself to never exploring the engines potential
However now on a 21" prop and with a full fuel load and extra anchor & chain in bow locker she's now much more stable, able to cruise at 30 kts and no chine walking up to about 40 kts, briefly saw 46 kts at 5200 rpm
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Ribcraft 4.8m, Tohatsu 2-stroke 60hp, tweaked to 70hp, standard 15" aluminium propeller, 50 litres of fuel, two people on board, 36mph at 5,800 revs. A larger pitch stainless-steel propeller would make a difference.
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