07-20-2007, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Onset, MA
Posts: 2,712
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Re: whats your Top End on 23s
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'05 23' Seacraft twin 150 yamaha HPDI's, props spun in, 14 1/4" x 21 Rapture props, manual 6" setback jackplates, group 27 AGM batteries, water bladder, oil tanks moved forward of console and below deck level, full fuel (146 gallons), 53 mph at 5300-5400rpm/ 28.5 gallons/hr total. 40mph at 4000 rpm/16 gallon/hr; 45mph at 4500rpm/19.5 gallons/hr; Before moving weight forward and lower and jack plates had the boat at 56mph when light on fuel, squirrely ride/not smooth in rough seas/had to be going >30mph to get or stay on plane
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Change those props . . . to a stern lifting prop. Those rapture props are not a good match for seacrafts. Mirage Plus.
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