4mulafastech

Amazing what a 25 mph tail wind, 1' chop and good air can do. Heading into the wind she would only do 69 mph. 28" pitch labbed Bravo 1's, 50 gallons of fuel and running solo. 290 hours on my stock 6.2's.

Prop slip calculates to 11%. Not bad!

Expensive Date

Plus the cold air,they do love a tail wind.

4mulafastech

Yes, it is surprising how much of a factor wind resistance plays with this style boat. The 292 is relatively tall and has the big windshield. The relative speed with the wind is 47 mph, against it is 94 mph. Probably one of the reasons it is difficult to get good speed increases with a given horsepower increase. Not to mention how heavy it is for what is really a 27' boat. But rough water handling is pretty darn good for a boat this size.

sprink58

High 60's is great...low 70's is phenomenal...while riding like a cloud and solid as a rock.

2007Fountain35

Great speed, especially with stock power!

Splitdecision271

Hopefully Sunday will be the same for me. Thought it's not supposed to be as windy as today, which is why I stayed on land today. Only it will be 2 people and a full tank of fuel. Plan to put 60-70 gallons in tomorrow before I head out. I'm down to about 25-30. Depending on weather might be the last time out for the season. Want to fill the tanks and add stabilzer. Even though I don't like to think about it, need to start prep for winter.

Expensive Date

You leave fuel in yours?

4mulafastech

Thanks. These 6.2's are running better than ever. Bought the boat new and I'm very anal with engine and drive maintenance. Change the oil every 25-35 hours along with the gear lube. Changed the plugs once a year ago. SmartCraft showed 2.2 mpg running 45-50 mph yesterday (with the wind of course!).

4mulafastech

Yep, pulling mine out tomorrow, so it was nice to get out and burn some fuel. A bit early for me but my daughter has a lot of soccer during the weekends this time of year and I need to get the winterizing out of the way.

I know there are a lot of different opinions on the fuel issue, but I like to run it down low and add Stabil. Fill it up with fresh fuel the next season. To fog the engines I mix a small tank of fuel, two cycle oil, fuel system cleaner and some Stabil. Run the engines on the hose for about 10 minutes each with that mix.

sprink58

...on a side note to the thread, once you guys in cold parts of the country put one up for the winter...is that it until spring? If there just happens to be a warm stretch of days ...say in February...is it that big of a deal to pull your boat out for a few days then put it back up or is that just too much to fool with?

If you have a heated building to keep the boat in in I guess it wouldn't matter but keeping one out side would require going through the whole process.

Not to be an ass or anything but I've never had to do it because our water temp never goes below 70 .We can go out on just about any day that we aren't having too much wind.

Love a 292 BTW...seems to be a good fit for many types of conditions. They tear the Atlantic up in 3'~5' seas