Dropped into muskegon lake and hit the big water through the channel.I let old girl stretch her legs on about 1 foot top of water. The speedometer indicated 70 miles per hour but GPS indicated 67. That's not too bad from a 330 horsepower 7.4 liter Twin engine. I think she's a keeper
ham_r_down01
05-02-2015 06:49 PM
What you have for props on that ol girl?
Fastninja434
05-02-2015 07:38 PM
Dropped into muskegon lake and hit the big water through the channel.I let old girl stretch her legs on about 1 foot top of water. The speedometer indicated 70 miles per hour but GPS indicated 67. That's not too bad from a 330 horsepower 7.4 liter Twin engine. I think she's a keeper
3pointstar
05-02-2015 10:43 PM
I always wish I could be on Lake Michigan - but I was at our summer place today - and really let'er rip!!! No one was out there and we were able to blow any carbon off-- IT WAS GREAT Boat/engine ran wonderful!!
Hope the entire season is like this for everyone!!
Take care and above all BE SAFE
3pointstar
Fastninja434
05-03-2015 07:39 AM
Lake michigan
oh6662b
05-03-2015 08:11 AM
Ran about 2 hours on 502 yesterday. She ran great! Had about a cup of water in bilge afterward. For some reason that bother's me. Does that freak anyone else out?
3pointstar
05-03-2015 09:32 AM
Originally Posted by oh6662b
(Post 4299669)
Ran about 2 hours on 502 yesterday. She ran great! Had about a cup of water in bilge afterward. For some reason that bother's me. Does that freak anyone else out?
YES-- but I'm very anal retentive. A cup of water isn't much. HOWEVER--
Water has got to come from somewhere and regardless should be investigated. Since this was the start of the season for us - it could be something as simple as leftover water from cleaning the bilge. Most likely it could have been an engine drain plug that wasn't too tight and just dripped.
Looks like I will be riding with a buddy across Erie from Port Clinton to Gibraltar in his newly purchased Formula 31PC Saturday. I plan to be out on the Detroit River Sunday in the Concept.
As planned, I rode back in my buddies new (well 2008) Formula 31PC from Port Clinton to Gibraltar, with a stop off at PIB for a late lunch. I am not a Cabin Cruiser type guy, but if I was, it would be a Formula. That thing is a beauty. With twin 496 mags, she topped out at 49MPH. I'm sure she has a little more in her, my buddy wasn't used to running that fast... His previous boat was a Maxum 30 with twin 5.0s, top speed of 29....
Got out on the Concept late Sunday afternoon for a run up the River to Sinbads. It was windy and a bit rough.. On way home, my rear bench seat flipped up and then blew out. Didn't realize it until we got back to the marina... So we turned back around and headed back on our original path. Figured it was a long shot. We got lucky and found it floating, up against the shore, North of the Belle isle Bridge... So then came the task of retrieving it, it was windy and the current is pretty strong, and it was resting up in some rocks.. I managed to get the bow to overhang the rocks (without hitting anything) so the wife could drag the seat off the rocks with the hook. The seat probably still needs to be recovered, because it is pretty scuffed up from resting on the rocks... But that still beats having to have a shop try and make the entire thing from scratch. Gonna have to get better Velcro to attach that damn thing!
