Has the weather been bad for that long? :D :D :D :D

:eek: :crazy: :D :D

Things are looking up, it looks like they are gioing to come pick the boat up and take it back to Ohio and put some new boxes on. That is stepping up to the plate in my mind!!

Everyone I have dealt with up there has absolutely been first class and wonderful to deal with.

Corey

:confused: :confused: O.K. so I am a year late and a few thousand behind :D

Lonestar 382,
Congratulations on your new purchase. As RedDog stated, I am also a new member to the 382 club and waiting for the water to thin out up here in Ohio. I looked at your boat in the Cedar Point boat show last summer, very nice. Please do us a favor and take good notes on the performance before and after the boxes, rpm vs mph in several increments using gps speed. I have noticed that several 382 owners complain of excessive prop slip. We won't hit the water until may up here, but I will give my input as soon as I can. I will be experimenting with props this summer also. Jeff

You bet, I am hoping to have the boat in the water for some time this weekend to do some last minute testing before it gets re-winterized and sent back to National Marine.

So far on glassy water 65 degrees, 28P Bravo 1's. I have seen 72 at 4850-4900rpm. Those are just preliminary numbers, but I will try to get some recorded numbers this weekend to compare to the after boxes intall. I met with my salesman in person today about this mishap, and they are accepting full responsibility and have agreed to install a new set of Stellings extension boxes and do some touchup on the paint where there was a fuel spill.

Like I said before, the folks at National Marine are a class act, and I would definitely recommend them to any of my friends.

Now I guess I am going to have to start from scratch with some prop testing to dial this boat in after the boxes are installed.

Corey

Corey,

Glad to hear this looks to be working out for you! I might be interested in your 28 Bravo's if you end up running something else in the end of all this. I would like a nice clean used pair to send for labbing ... I think labbed 28's will put me somewhere in the upper 80's. Let me know if you want to sell them later.

Chris

Hey Chris I'll definitely keep that in mind.
The boat will be going back in the next week or so, and it'll probably be there at least 2 weeks. I'm sure I'll have it in the water instantly after it returns so I should definitely have an idea in 3 to 4 weeks of what I'll need/do.

Troutly, thanks for the tip, I think part of my problem was the water was absolutely glass. I think if I can get it out in a little bit of chop it should free up the hull some and probably yield some better numbers.

Corey

Yeah....and if there is a current, go along with the current too. :D It will make your GPS speed faster! :D :D (really)