So, I took my boat, 05 320DA, to its new slip a couple weekends ago. It took a couple hours and the boat performed flawlessly. Two weekends ago I took it out for the first time from its new home which brings me to my issues.
#1. I went to throttle up to get on plane and before I really got any where I hit a sandbar. Wasn't moving fast but I'm worried I may have bent a prop. However, the boat tracked straight and had no problems at slow speeds around the dock. So I want to believe that there's no issues with the prop but the boat felt like it took longer to get on plane than it should and after getting up to 4K rpms and backing down to 3500-3600 the throttle levers were in very different locations. So I'm not sure if I bent a prop Or maybe my throttle cables need adjusted? How hard is it to bend a prop? I was hardly moving when I hit the sandbar but it def made a loud noise.
#2. I also got an overheat code for the port motor on the smartcraft. I didn't take the boat for a long spin but I did get the motors up to running temp and the they were both great and the port never got hotter than the starboard. So I'm not too worried but the boat sat all of last year winterzied and unused. I worry that the impellers could be trouble and may be a threat to start dry rotting and maybe the cause of the overheat?
Idk, I'm new to this and will have a mechanic check the boat out but wanted to get yalls opinion!
#1. I went to throttle up to get on plane and before I really got any where I hit a sandbar. Wasn't moving fast but I'm worried I may have bent a prop. However, the boat tracked straight and had no problems at slow speeds around the dock. So I want to believe that there's no issues with the prop but the boat felt like it took longer to get on plane than it should and after getting up to 4K rpms and backing down to 3500-3600 the throttle levers were in very different locations. So I'm not sure if I bent a prop Or maybe my throttle cables need adjusted? How hard is it to bend a prop? I was hardly moving when I hit the sandbar but it def made a loud noise.
#2. I also got an overheat code for the port motor on the smartcraft. I didn't take the boat for a long spin but I did get the motors up to running temp and the they were both great and the port never got hotter than the starboard. So I'm not too worried but the boat sat all of last year winterzied and unused. I worry that the impellers could be trouble and may be a threat to start dry rotting and maybe the cause of the overheat?
Idk, I'm new to this and will have a mechanic check the boat out but wanted to get yalls opinion!