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58 MPH !?!?!

Your cruise is my WOT. What are you running for a prop?

NICE BOAT! ;)

It’s a 14-1/8 x 20 4 blade stainless mercury prop.

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Originally Posted by jnamowitz (Post 258826)

Nate, I shopped all the manufacturers and Evinrude was cheaper and lighter in comparison to all other makes. At $27,500 rigged for the 300 and having a 10 year warranty I couldn’t beat it. Here are the numbers from my first day out and like Don said, it’s very hard to not hammer down.....
At cruise between 3750 and 4000 rpm I was cruising around 37 knots burning 3.7gph.
At WOT I was at 5750rpm and getting 51 knots and burning 2gph.
I will say at WOT it’s stupid fast but being able to cruise around 35 knots and get that economy is amazing. The other amazing thing is no dealer maintenance for 500 hours or 5 years. I am extremely happy with my choice of the Stoner bracket and G2 engine combination. Any questions please ask as this was a 6 month long conversion that I did with the help of everyone on here. Thanks again guys for all the pointers.

Are you sure that's (k)not MPH? :)

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Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin (Post 258830)

Are you sure that's (k)not MPH? :)

I popped his numbers in merc’s prop slip calculator and to hit 51 knots he would be at zero slip. At 51 statute slip is about 13% which sounds about right trimmed out WOT.

In Sebastian I was able to hit 44 knots with mine with 18 gal of fuel and 2 people on board getting 1.8 nmpg @ 6100.

Still, very impressive fuel burn at cruise on the G2. I never see more than 2.8 @ 32 knots which is 3.1 statue.

It was super light. 1/4 tank of fuel. Once I filled the tank and loaded up my family most I could get was 45 knots. Here is a pic as my wife was yelling at me to slow down..... Ha

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Originally Posted by jnamowitz (Post 258834)

It was super light. 1/4 tank of fuel. Once I filled the tank and loaded up my family most I could get was 45 knots. Here is a pic as my wife was yelling at me to slow down..... Ha

I get that a lot... especially when the wife's wine gets shook out of her Dixie cup at speed.

Boat looks great and you got done just in time for the hot part of the boating season!

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Originally Posted by jnamowitz (Post 258826)

The #'s are almost to good to be true but I do believe you. Price you paid is about 1 k below what I thought, I could be wrong but I believe the Suk. would be about 2-3 K less all being equal. Beautiful boat and the G2 looks great on the transom.

For the 23 Tsunami I'm working on, if I could get 2.8 mpg statute I would be able down size the fuel tank size. My goal is to have over 500 mile range with a full tank.

We shall see.

I'm with ya Ed, I'd love to replace my fuel tank from 144 gal to around 100 gal. The guy I bought my boat from was big into grouper fishing and he ran out from Tarpon Springs to the middle grounds all the time with an OMC V-6 looper with the 144 gallon tank full plus a couple of fuel bladders. Now that I've re-powered I have no need for the extra weight that far to the rear of the boat..