23 CC minty green!

[shine]

That is the same product I used on my 23, I also happen to be a distributor for it

I have used it on 4 boats now, and love it.

[Wildman]

At this point, all the heavy lifting is done and the cables are run. Its a matter of hooking them up, cutting in a key switch, and making a starbord conversion piece for the binnacle.

[Wildman]

Got it in the water last night, and I couldn't be happier. We got the first 3-4hrs of run time (break-in) on it, caught the first bluefish and got the skunk off her! []

It has a 14.25x17 prop on there, and it could use a little more. After the break in I eased up to WOT, and it went a little over 6K with more throttle to spare. Ill swap for a 19 and I bet it will be perfect. Its great being able to talk at the dock with the guy holding the line, while NOT smoking the whole ramp out! [8D]

I have some more tidying up in the bilge to do, and in the wiring, but its all very minor stuff. I do get a little water in the bilge (a gallon in 3-4hr) but I am thinking its drain plugs right now. I am letting it dry out today and ill seal them up with a little RTV and test again. The bracket is BONE dry.

NO baby yet, shes about 5 days overdue, went for the the checkup yesterday AM (before picking up the boat) and everything is happy and healthy. We have another apt on Tue AM if nothing changes I can almost lay money on us coming home with a kid. I guess I won the baby VS boat race. [8D]

[Old'sCool]

Awesome! Post fuel #'s when you can.

[heynow2203]

Congrats on the project !!! good luck with the kid no more fishing for you !!! DADDY Duties
I'm not one to talk at least your boats in the water before kid arrived I'm hoping this boat will be done before number two shows up in January

[Wildman]

Well, here they are. Actual picture of this thing floating.
[8D]


I am very happy overall with the final product. It still needs some tweaking (takes about 5-10gal of water in the bilge on a 8hr trip) and some tidying up. Put the first 2-4hrs on it Friday evening, then a beach day with the (5 days overdue) wife. Sunday my father and I fished comm stripers, and sold 32lb (enough to cover fuel). I am very satisfied, definitely not making money, or setting the world on fire catching fish, but its been my goal all along. Total its got about 12-15 hrs on it after the weekend.

As for fuel burn, from the ramp to sandbar and back my buddys 17ft aquasport w/a freshly rebuilt 115 carb evinrude on it,running 50:1 premix uses 7 gal. My SC (27ft total) with the Honda 250 does the same amount of fuel. [8D]

The boat planes at EXACTLY 4000RPM, and between 16-19pmh. The Vtech kicks in at the same time so I think that has something to do with the SNAP over 4K. Right now top speed is just under 40MPH, at 6000rpm, and it could easily twist 6200RPM. I am going to go with a 14.25X19 3 blade and see what happens, it should put me in the 'happy spot' of 5800-6000RPM. I may end up going to a 4 blade in the long run as it will use the motors Torque more efficiently.
I can say one thing.
ITS GOT A TON OF TORQUE.

Running the boat in the upper end is a little boring over 4000rpm just because its humming along and your talking to the first mate standing next to you. []

Coming down off plane the first time everybody looks back to see if its still running, because the water around the boat makes more noise than the motor. At the dock, its almost silent, you can hear the tattletail over the motor.









Hamburger? did you say Hamburger?


Dog is still not thrilled with riding in the boat.




Get me the hell outa here!!

[DonV]

Outstanding!!!! That Honda is a really, really sweet engine!! You are right about the 3900 to 4000 rpm VTEC kicking in, ya gotta get used to it. Oh yeah, you do find yourself looking at the tach making sure it's running at idle. Congrats on a job well done!!

[Old'sCool]

So what's that come to in MPG?? Or did I miss it

[Wildman]

Not exactly sure yet, I dont have a floscan to start with. Also it is still breaking in, so I think it may change over time. But getting the same MPG than a boat that is 10ft shorter with half the HP isnt a bad start in my book. The run that we checked it against is about 45 min and its about 75% on plane and about 25% no wake zone.

[thehermit]

Wildman....looks awesome! With that big motor your waterline remains wicked impressive!