how fast does your boat go?

45 MPH on smooth water.. 18ft Four Winns Horizon w/ 4.3 Volvo Penta

 

My 53' 1973 Hatteras MY goes 19.5 knots. I dont want to talk about how much fuel it takes to get it there!

2 Detroit 8V71 Intercooled Turbo Charged. 485HP per

 

18 foot Aluminum Xpress with a 150 MERC 63mph with a good chop and no gas!!!!

 

BOAT ( Break Out Another Thousand )

 

just over 350 hp. made 65 mph with two other people in the boat. could probably get to 70 or just over with just one person, and the tower folded down. verified it with the gps and the built in speedo that uses a pressure sensor built into the outdrive.

 

A 47ft w/ 400hp Volvo does 8 knots on a good day 6 if we are tanked. The skiff will do 50+ knots with a 200hp Yamaha.

 

57 mph. 23 foot regulator with twin two hundred yamahas

 

62mph on good water & empty ( nearly out of fuel ) 18ft Ranger w/ Yamaha 150 23p prop

 

Dude those rangers are sick! Water is too low to take the regulator out fishin for reds, and trout are still deep and hard to find cause the water temp is cold. Takin my buds ranger with a 150 vmax on it redfishin on saturday. Really like those boats

 

Yea man I absolutely love that boat, Its sooo smooth even in rough water. The Rangers out preform any other bass boats in rough water hands down.

 

26' Chapparal Sunesta.... i think its running like 380hp on a Volvo Penta... in smooth water with low fuel we have gotten it up to 67mph with two people in it.... if we didnt have the tower though we could probably get it to liike 70-73mph

 

Panda is that on the speedo or gps?





I've had mine to about 45mph(49 on dreamometer) not pushing her but I bet on an ideal day and prop I would bet she'll get a tad over 50.

 

^^^^^that chapparel is sexy! anyway my old girl (90 renken 20' w/ 4.3 chevy and cobra drive) will make it around 52 on the gps.

 

This conversation is the same with motorcycles... Everybody on a 600 thinks they can do 180, and everybody on a thousand 200...... nope... better luck next time. the speedometer on my motorcycle is literally like 15% over actualy speed. only geared down one tooth. boats, jetskis, all the same way.

 

Impressive! What prop and ratio do you have?

Yeah. I thought that sounded crazy fast for that size boat with that engine. Maybe he's got those cleaver props with like a 35 pitch though

http://www.mercuryracing.com/propellers/5bladecleaver.php

 

I think (not positive) that it had a 16x16 when i got it, which is the prop i use for wakeboarding or lotsa weight. the other one which is great for fuel economy or speed is 15x19?? sounds right. its rainy outside, or else i'd check. Its a really light boat, keel tank for good weight distribution.

 

Yeah according to similar boats. What's different about my drive though is it has a 1.97:1 ratio while the standard for that size and engine is 1.66:1. I've got a 23 pitch prop on there and all the calculators online say I should go faster. The reason I don't want to push it is because my tach says at full throttle I'm hitting 5200 but I think it needs to be calibrated or I need to reprop to a higher pitch. I should only be hitting 4600 at wot.

 

cool. Thanks.