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Old 03-27-2019, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by striper56 View Post
I took the boat for a ride here are the stats. WOT 5790 at 25 knot I was burning 9.79 gph 18kts 6.75 gph. it has a 16 X 17 prop. what do you thing? Should I try to get closer to the max RPMs 6100

Something is very very wrong with this setup.

26% prop slip at cruise is really really bad.
29% prop slip at WOT is WORSE.

Are you sure you weren't towing the dock.
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