osd9
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I've been busy around the house...building a shed, cleaning out an attic and cleaning out a garage all in an attempt to make my 3 Car garage actually fit 3 Cars. All this homeland activity has kept me from using the boat for three weeks. The water right now is still warm in Jersey....actually, offshore, the ocean bottom is the warmest this time of year.....behind the house, the water is still in the lower 70's.
Anyway, Yesterday I 'needed' to take a break from being a carpenter/laborer and go for a boat ride.....so I did.
I'm pretty anal with my logs and I'm very tuned-in to the ride/sound of the boat/motors. The motors fired up just fine and purred like the CATs that they are. When I got out to open water, I immediately felt the sluggishness. I got up on plane with no problem at all, but right at 2275 rpms, where I usually see 20-21 knots, I was just barely making 18 knots. I bumped 'em up to 2325 and finally started to approach 20 knots....but still not quite....only the upper 19's. I ran for another 30 minutes and did a few zig-zags and finally got her up over 20 knots...20.7 knots at 2335 rpms.....but....I would normally be right around 22ish knots at those rpms. I put her up to full throttle for about a minute to check WOT and Temps. I was able to get a hair over 2800 rpms (what is hair anyway?)....2802 P/2805 S.....compared to with a clean bottom I normally reach 2850ish fully loaded.
I had my normal gear onboard, 3/4 fuel, 1/2 water, 2 POB and the dog. I'm sure the props have some worms/baranacles growing on them. I won't be able to dive the boat for another 3 weeks, so it'll just have to wait. You Southern' boys must have a bear of a time in the middle of the season to keep your bottoms/props cleaned!
btw....The shed came out great, the attic is so-so (mostly the admiral's stuff) and, most importantly, I got 3 cars in the garage for the first time ever. I found these neat little female hanger bolts and I was able to hang shelves and all kinds of crap from the ceiling....
Anyway, Yesterday I 'needed' to take a break from being a carpenter/laborer and go for a boat ride.....so I did.
I'm pretty anal with my logs and I'm very tuned-in to the ride/sound of the boat/motors. The motors fired up just fine and purred like the CATs that they are. When I got out to open water, I immediately felt the sluggishness. I got up on plane with no problem at all, but right at 2275 rpms, where I usually see 20-21 knots, I was just barely making 18 knots. I bumped 'em up to 2325 and finally started to approach 20 knots....but still not quite....only the upper 19's. I ran for another 30 minutes and did a few zig-zags and finally got her up over 20 knots...20.7 knots at 2335 rpms.....but....I would normally be right around 22ish knots at those rpms. I put her up to full throttle for about a minute to check WOT and Temps. I was able to get a hair over 2800 rpms (what is hair anyway?)....2802 P/2805 S.....compared to with a clean bottom I normally reach 2850ish fully loaded.
I had my normal gear onboard, 3/4 fuel, 1/2 water, 2 POB and the dog. I'm sure the props have some worms/baranacles growing on them. I won't be able to dive the boat for another 3 weeks, so it'll just have to wait. You Southern' boys must have a bear of a time in the middle of the season to keep your bottoms/props cleaned!
btw....The shed came out great, the attic is so-so (mostly the admiral's stuff) and, most importantly, I got 3 cars in the garage for the first time ever. I found these neat little female hanger bolts and I was able to hang shelves and all kinds of crap from the ceiling....