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Originally Posted by Vezo, Part II
. . . is the Viper seriously a bow lifter? No wonder it's requiring some tab no matter of engine trim.
Discovered a non- contacting service in the Perko battery selector. Go straight to Both then back to One!
Discovered raw water pick-up sea-cock was also open, as well as the plastic T inline valve. Yesterday's rain seems to have had no effect on skeg lowering. At rest, I think she slowly took water on up to the base of the on deck live well. Then began leaking into bilge. She would have kept this up until she was on the bottom this morning.
Filled boat with freshwater waiting for float to activate, when I found number one batt not connecting, flipped to both and bilge activated. Now I have no reason to believe float is hard wired. Is this even possible??? . . .
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The Raker is actually BRP's bass boat prop, so even more of a bow lifter than the Viper, which is listed as a "general purpose bow lifting prop" on Pg 10 in BRP's
prop selection guide. However as Gillie says, the 20' SeaCraft hull was designed for a light motor of 300 lbs or less, but since most modern motors in the 100-150 hp range tend to weigh around 400 lbs or even closer to 500 lbs on many 4-strokes, the heavier motors work best on a SeaCraft with a stern lifting prop that will help offset the engine weight. I didn't recommend the Rebel, because although it is a stern lifting prop with very large heavily cupped blades much like the Merc Mirage, my dealer says the small block 2.6L V-6 can't spin it fast enough, so it's typically used on the bigger 3.3-3.4L 200-300 hp motors. I've run the 14.5" x 15" pitch Cyclone and it turns 5400-5450, so it's the perfect prop for a an early 150 E-TEC on a Seafari. The optimum rpm on later 150 E-TECs is higher, up around 5500-5800 so the Cyclone has a little too much pitch for them.
I forgot that your boat evidently has a leaning post-type live well, so I'd put some water in it and make sure it's not leaking into the bilge. I think a bilge pump should be wired direct to the battery with it's own separate fuse, because I like to be able to shut off everything else on the boat with the battery switch when I'm not aboard.