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boat speed?
1965 19' bow rider with 140 mercruiser is going 29-30 mph @ 3500 rpm's. is this what to expect out of this boat or can i do somthing to make it faster?
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Re: boat speed?
I get 29-30 mph with my 135 hp 20' I/O SC CC.
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Paul, 1989 23' SC CC 250 hp Suzuki Four Stroke on Stainless Marine bracket |
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Re: boat speed?
How fast do you want to go? If you don't mind losing your deck drains, you can put in a 4.3L V6 or a 5.7 litre V8. The very 1st 19' Seacraft I ever saw back in 1975 had a 260 hp Mercruiser. It was a '69 bowrider. It would do about 50-55 mph.
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Common Sense is learning from your mistakes. Wisdom is learning from the other guy's mistakes. Fr. Frank says: Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat! Currently without a SeaCraft (2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks '73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury |
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Re: boat speed?
There are no deck drains on a 19 Bow Rider.. Everything goes into the bilge.. just have a big pump...I get 28 to 30 on my 19'BR with a Johnson 88SPL..
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Don Battin Pipe Dreams Marine "Design her right, Build’er well Bend the throttles, And let’er eat…." Carl Moesly |
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Re: boat speed?
I don't know how they measured the speed back in 1969, but here's the stats from the Boating Mag review of the safari w/ a 140 mercruiser.
http://www.classicseacraft.com/1969S...ticlePage6.htm |
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