Confused owner 1995 SeaRay 195 BR 5 series

[sibnai1]

so I'm no longer confused, the SeaRay works beautifully! We went out on Lake Hopatcong yesterday; there was really very little traffic on the lake, she came up on plane very nicely the boat leveled out once on plane and she handled like a dream. As it turns out the throttle (at least on my boat) is somewhat of an "on/off" switch kinda, lol. Originally I was trying to gradually throttle my way through the bow up attitude while trying to use the "trim" to level out the old gal, well that was clearly the wrong approach!!!! So here is what everyone already knows (maybe) that I just learned. "trim" the leg down, throttle up to get on plane, once on plane then "trim" the leg for optimal performance.

PS The RPMs held 4800 as designed and the new prop also worked well (Michigan Wheel Twister 14.25 X 21P with a pressed in hub with spacer part #12-31211a2 to fit the Alpha I Gen II) the original battered prop was 13.75 X 21P with Flo Torq II hub kit.

I guess I can change the title of this post from confused to EXCITED

 

[OldSkool]

Great news. Seems like the larger prop diameter brought you RPM in line.

 

[sibnai1]

Thank you sir, I was going to try Lake Wallenpaupack today but the weather is not co-operating

 

[Chris Nowell]

Thank you sir, I was going to try Lake Wallenpaupack today but the weather is not co-operating

Ha, the weather rarely cooperates. We had a four day trip planned but the wind was howling all week. It seemed like the very moment we cancelled our cruise plans the wind stopped and hasn't returned. So,,,,, now we've cancelled our RV trip and we'll be heading down to the boat this morning. You watch; she'll be blowin' a gale by noon again. Welcome to boating:grin:

 

[sibnai1]

so how did you make out?? The weather here was pretty crummy all day, but today let me tell you it is gorgeous!!!!!!!