Hope to run with you guys some day.

Since this turned into a bit of a boat thread vs an engine thread - more specifically a 27-29 ft boat thread - I have a 27ft boat myself......

Uncle Dave

We rebuilt a 272 a few years ago for a customer. Whippled 383's making 550 HP, Bravo drives and hydraulic steering. It ran low 80's with ease in the summer heat.

Bob Lloyd
Full Throttle Marine

That's a nice boat Dave.

That much nicer than my bottom feeder boat, I love it Uncle Dave. Here is my 27-4=23 footer (or 27-5=22 depending on which measurement :) ).

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Props
 

ya i think that i need to get some 28p and i will be right where i wanna be and i will get 82 83 poss.. I have 272 that diago linked to u guys. The 25s miarge plus that i have on it now with the 500hps still pop the boat up and go and run me 80, with wife n i in boat and light load..... 77-78mph loaded but i def wanna try some 28p props and c what happens.

props
 

ya i think that i need to get some 28p

Thats all I could get out of her @ 5600 with 23 3 blades, The 272's have a bad hook in them to help them get up with small power (350 mag ) . Ours with 350 mag power would only run 54 on GPS. With the 383's 69.7 on GPS all day top 71 best day thats picking up 14 mph from the 350 mag's. Mopower put 540's with 625hp and got it up to the low 80's. The drives are deep on these boats but they ride good. Do a search 272 thread lots of info in it !!!!!

my 272
 

1989 272 sr1

Thats a pretty big jump in prop. What RPM do you turn with the 25's?

Thanks for the likes guys.

I havent met many boats I dont like, and Id like to spend a day in any of the boats in this thread.

I was meeting a group of guys with similar boats and one guy says- I wonder where all the poor people are today? - another guy in our group answers - they are all right here!


69 Miles an hour in the ocean is hauling A. Once you get past 55-60 MPH the crowd thins out at 70 it thins out a lot.


UD