glassdave

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LOL . . . yea . . its been known to happen . cool you'll be right next door. i plan on being a regular to the sunday buffet over at your club. you'll hear me come'in got GIL drys on the new boat still have a bunch of stuff to do before i get in though.

as far as fuel consumption goes i cant remember what my GPH was but my average MPG for the summer was 1.26mpg. with the props i have on it i can cruise at 50mph turning about 4000rpm but she is pretty thursty i tracked it all summer and that is a pretty acurate # . . . kinda wish i didnt do that

fund razor

I can cruise about the same (50 at 4000) but I can only turn my props at about 4200 max.

I could get more rpms from smaller props but my lower rpm cruise drops off.

I can cruise at about 35 at 3000 rpms with a clean bottom and these props, so I keep em.
35 mph without opening the secondarys on the carbs was more important than the extra few mphs at WOT.

Limits the overall boat speed to about 53-54 though.

Racine

You need to add reinforcement to bow, can be done from inside , Add a Bow Roller approx 14" long and make sure it's long enough so anchor tines don't hit the boat, I would put a large Aluminum plate underneath drill through and Install Fender washers and double nuts, single nuts are hard to get off later as you will have corrosion, recommend a separate Stamson Post (Cleat) to tie to, cleats are not bad but ,offshore requires more strength, due to swells.
Ask me about it when you come back in, Can Also Add a Teak Bow Pulpit and it looks good with the rest of the Teak,
Don Racine