pdxsearay
Member
- Jun 4, 2020
- 89
- Boat Info
- 2005 Sea Ray 185 Sport
- Engines
- 4.3 merc
Hey friends. Finally had a chance to open up the throttle on my boat today (meaning, took it out without my wife on board). WOT for my engine is defined as 4400-4800 rpms per Sea Ray. At full throttle we got to 4200 very easily and then with trim adjustments got into 4400-4600. Is that what WOT is? Just getting to the rpms irrespective of speed ? My gps showed 48mph and change for what it’s worth. I suspect on a calm lake I could get to 50.
We needed some help to get to 4800 rpm but the water was a little choppy. Calm water & more trim adjustment could sometimes do the trick depending on conditions. Once when we we had the wind at our back & going with the current (was on a river) & water was glassy I saw it sneak up to 5k rpms.
We probably ran it for 3-4 min straight at WOT a few different times and the boat seemed very happy.
Anyway. Anything else I need to know about WOT? I recently switched from a 3 blade to a 4 blade prop so it was good to see the boat get there.
Thanks
We needed some help to get to 4800 rpm but the water was a little choppy. Calm water & more trim adjustment could sometimes do the trick depending on conditions. Once when we we had the wind at our back & going with the current (was on a river) & water was glassy I saw it sneak up to 5k rpms.
We probably ran it for 3-4 min straight at WOT a few different times and the boat seemed very happy.
Anyway. Anything else I need to know about WOT? I recently switched from a 3 blade to a 4 blade prop so it was good to see the boat get there.
Thanks