Superboat 30 Y2K! Me three!
12-04-2020 | 08:01 PM
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Well no YouTube video but we did manage to splash it today!! John and John jr. had a chance this morning and ran a set of bravo 32’s prior to my arrival. They felt it was a bit squirrelly. By the time I arrived they came up with a set of 33p 5 blades 15” dia. exhaust thru hub to try. By this time it was raining pretty hard. We did one pass across the bay, rain felt like bullets, my head still tingles. We had it running 80. Had trouble getting out of the hole with that prop but jr. said boat handled much better. Weren’t using any tab. May need to raise the the motors, as it’s set up with the jack plate all the way up the the bullet is about even with the bottom. Bottom line couldn’t see with the rain and didn’t have a chance to play around. Never came off plane or had a chance to mess with tabs, trim, or height. Ultimately need to put some thought as to our next move and get some more props to test.
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12-05-2020 | 09:23 PM
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12-05-2020 | 09:35 PM
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I’d love to get my hands on a set of 30 or 31p max5 ST’s to try. John Jr said a bud may have a go pro we can set up and eyeball what’s going on back there to check on drive height at speed.
The 5 blades were blowing out and had to chop the throttles back and feather to get on plane, I’m sure using tabs would have helped. John Sr. thinks over hub exhaust style prop with bigger blade area might help but my concern would be over aerating the props. Lots of theory’s bouncing around.
Sorry for the double post. Never tried a multi quote post before.
Thanks guys!
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12-08-2020 | 10:05 AM
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Well no YouTube video but we did manage to splash it today!! John and John jr. had a chance this morning and ran a set of bravo 32’s prior to my arrival. They felt it was a bit squirrelly. By the time I arrived they came up with a set of 33p 5 blades 15” dia. exhaust thru hub to try. By this time it was raining pretty hard. We did one pass across the bay, rain felt like bullets, my head still tingles. We had it running 80. Had trouble getting out of the hole with that prop but jr. said boat handled much better. Weren’t using any tab. May need to raise the the motors, as it’s set up with the jack plate all the way up the the bullet is about even with the bottom. Bottom line couldn’t see with the rain and didn’t have a chance to play around. Never came off plane or had a chance to mess with tabs, trim, or height. Ultimately need to put some thought as to our next move and get some more props to test.
12-11-2020 | 08:59 PM
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Hay Cary! Thank you and thanks for checking in!
I hope you and your family have a joyous Christmas and a healthy, happy new year!
I patiently await getting back on the water to sort things out.
I hope you and your family have a joyous Christmas and a healthy, happy new year!
I patiently await getting back on the water to sort things out.
