jethrotundra
New Member
Hello,
New member, new Sea Ray owner.
Just purchased a 1998 210 Sundeck. This is our second boat and first Sea Ray. The boat is in great shape, was in storage for 5 years and has low hours. Full maintenance and tuneup done by the seller before the sale. Love everything about it except have a feeling that I'm not getting the motor performance I should.
We are in Utah and most of the lakes we boat are around 4000-5000 foot elevation if that helps.
Regarding performance: We can pull up a skier but the power out of the hole doesn't seem as good as our older, smaller Four Winns was. As far as top end speed, I top out at a max of 37-38mph with ideal water conditions and a light load. Friends with similar size boats are easily getting to 45 mph.
I don't absolutely need to go 45 mph everywhere, but I want to get the performance out of my boat I should.
Since at top speed the boat runs at about 4000rpm, I've been told by mechanics that my prop pitch is too high and I should get to more like 4800, but not to exceed 4800. According to the prop chart from Sea Ray's web site, we should have a 14.5x19" prop, which is what we have. (For the same motor in the fuel injected version it recommends a 17" stainless, but we have the carburetor motor).
So, we are going to borrow a 17" prop and try it and see if it makes a difference. Any thoughts as to any other reason why I'm not getting more out of this motor, or should I be happy with what I have? Thanks for any information.
New member, new Sea Ray owner.
Just purchased a 1998 210 Sundeck. This is our second boat and first Sea Ray. The boat is in great shape, was in storage for 5 years and has low hours. Full maintenance and tuneup done by the seller before the sale. Love everything about it except have a feeling that I'm not getting the motor performance I should.
We are in Utah and most of the lakes we boat are around 4000-5000 foot elevation if that helps.
Regarding performance: We can pull up a skier but the power out of the hole doesn't seem as good as our older, smaller Four Winns was. As far as top end speed, I top out at a max of 37-38mph with ideal water conditions and a light load. Friends with similar size boats are easily getting to 45 mph.
I don't absolutely need to go 45 mph everywhere, but I want to get the performance out of my boat I should.
Since at top speed the boat runs at about 4000rpm, I've been told by mechanics that my prop pitch is too high and I should get to more like 4800, but not to exceed 4800. According to the prop chart from Sea Ray's web site, we should have a 14.5x19" prop, which is what we have. (For the same motor in the fuel injected version it recommends a 17" stainless, but we have the carburetor motor).
So, we are going to borrow a 17" prop and try it and see if it makes a difference. Any thoughts as to any other reason why I'm not getting more out of this motor, or should I be happy with what I have? Thanks for any information.