Va.Beach Seacraft Rockfish tournament results

[DonnaSea]

DonnaSea ...How’s the boat perform with the 135's...A friend has a single on a whaler and I'm quite impressed with the motor...and his mileage ...WOW

[/QUOTE]Love the boat and the engines. They are a little loud, but plenty of power on the 23' and as you said - very fuel efficient. The control system they have is also very good - the two engines work together very well.

[Miles Offshore]

thanx guys- heres a couple more shots of my leaning post scott- its the birdsall original with 10" tray, folding foot rest with insert etc. like i have a whole new boat-

[Finster]

Craig, nice job. Looks like you guys had a great time. It would be nice to get something like that going down here.

I mean up here. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Scott]

Craig

That looks great !!! That’s the standard post ?? and not the mini (I don’t think you can get the mini in the 10"seat)

38" x 10" ??
Can you still use the rod holders in the launcher or does the seat back interfere with the rods?

[Scott]

DonnaSea
Some Questions for you ...

What type of cruise #'s are you getting and @ what RPM??

What’s are the WOT #'s??

What are your fuel #'s ?? (typical cruise range) ... Like I said that single on the whaler was getting insane mileage

When you say they are loud ... How bad or compared to what ? I didn’t feel the 135 Opti on the whaler was too bad

[DonnaSea]

Scott..

I have not been keeping a record, so let me try to answer some of your question now and next weekend, weather permitting, I plan to go out and I will record some specific fuel consumptions at specific RPMs. It will be interesting to see how those numbers will compare to numbers that you are getting..

To give you an idea on range - I have a 135 gallon tank. Last time I went off shore I covered 200 miles - ran out in the dark at 15 mph and back in at 25-30 mph. Trolled several hours at 5-6 mph and used 80 gallons. Last weekend I was trolling at 2 mph and was using .3 gallons per hour per engine.

As far as loud - compared to my son's 150 yamaha. But - as my son has pointed out - I have 2 engines and he has one. Also I think his console is a little further forward than mine so you are not on top of the engine. But - at speed it is loud.

Not sure what you mean by WOT #'s?

Any specific RPMs you would like me to record?

I'll get back to you next weekend.

Charlie

[Miles Offshore]

hey Scott-

yes its the standard post- 38" x 10"seat. the rod holders are still usable with the back in but not really fishable with trolling rods because your line will rub the back/bottom of the seat back. i woody waxed it along with all my other bright work today and man if that stuff aint sweet !!!(high as hell too) my back feels so much better with support on a run now, its really feels like a whole new boat. with the hydraulic steering i can sit back, adjust it a little now and then and relax.it wouldnt be the same either without the footrest- i figured that out pretty quick as well. oh so nice,lol. I did use those 1/4"x20 toggles when mounting it to my deck- 2 in each leg, and big screws siliconed in the other two holes. its very , very, solid. i always wondered how well those ss toggle bolts worked, now i know. next time i have my top off i will go back and use them again as well. one other thing about the toggles in my deck (kinda getting away from tournament talk huh) i had to cut down on each side of the toggle because there was not enough space between the deck and my fuel tanks. If i remember right it was about 3/8" on each side to allow enough room to pull it back up after inserting it in the hole. now im thinking of awlgripping the deck this winter cause it looks like sheet where the old swingback seats footprint was.
Craig