1977 23 Restoration

[SnafuFishTeam]

Weather was great yesterday and did about a 60 mile run. First two times cruising the ditch and this time was its maiden voyage in the ocean. Probably about a 2’ chop inshore. Boat performed very well. I was able open it up a bit and saw some really good numbers. Solid cruising speed was 3400-4000rpms which was basically 30-40mph. At 3400rpms boat ran 28.3mph,10.5gph and 2.7 miles per gallon. There was about 100 gallons of fuel onboard Punched it and we were in doing 56 mph in a hurry with plenty of throttle left. Wife told me to back off so didn’t get all the specs. I was also curious about the trim tabs and boat planning with the bracket and twins. I didn’t even need them at all when powering up. Overall things are looking real good. Very happy camper. Only issue I am having is learning how to use all these electronics. Man going from my old school SeaCraft to this is like another world. Definitely need to reach out to garmin and get someone to help me dial it in.

[Blackfin26]

Rocket ship and "throttle to spare" sounds fun!! What props are you running?

[SnafuFishTeam]

Originally Posted by Blackfin26

Rocket ship and "throttle to spare" sounds fun!! What props are you running?

Thanks Blackfin26, it’s definitely been enjoyable and a change of pace for sure! I’m running three blade Yamaha reliance props 19m x 13 3/4. They seem to be a good fit. Need to get some more hours on the boat to confirm.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by SnafuFishTeam

Weather was great yesterday and did about a 60 mile run. First two times cruising the ditch and this time was its maiden voyage in the ocean. Probably about a 2’ chop inshore. Boat performed very well. I was able open it up a bit and saw some really good numbers. Solid cruising speed was 3400-4000rpms which was basically 30-40mph. At 3400rpms boat ran 28.3mph,10.5gph and 2.7 miles per gallon. There was about 100 gallons of fuel onboard Punched it and we were in doing 56 mph in a hurry with plenty of throttle left. Wife told me to back off so didn’t get all the specs. I was also curious about the trim tabs and boat planning with the bracket and twins. I didn’t even need them at all when powering up. Overall things are looking real good. Very happy camper. Only issue I am having is learning how to use all these electronics. Man going from my old school SeaCraft to this is like another world. Definitely need to reach out to garmin and get someone to help me dial it in.

I can help you with all the garmin stuff.

[SnafuFishTeam]

Originally Posted by kmoose

I can help you with all the garmin stuff.

Thanks Kmoose. Looks like I got most of it. Let me get some more hours on the boat so I can ask you a few specific questions. Appreciate the help.