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NautiGirl wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:21 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:25 pm Here's a few shots from my brother's lake up north. He's headed back to Az Tuesday. Next year he is officially retiring and going back to spending summers here. And a pontoon boat with fenders hanging out and ten feet away from our shore. Wth?

Does that toon have a BB too?

Smarty pants. If you look close my brother's has a green binimi and the other one is red. So no I'm not on it with the fenders dragging in the water. What ever my brother does im innocent.I'm not part of his boating misadventure..

Big Block Power wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:30 pm

Here's a few shots from my brother's lake up north. He's headed back to Az Tuesday. Next year he is officially retiring and going back to spending summers here. And a pontoon boat with fenders hanging out and ten feet away from our shore. Wth?

NautiGirl wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:04 pm Well it turns out my money wasn't wasted on the new tube this year. We put our brave faces on and tried it again... Now I can't get them off the thing!

BIGGUSBLOCKUS wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:34 pm Spent the week at Lake of the Ozarks with the family. Had a great time and my 232 handled the rough water like a champ. The trim tabs really helped a bunch in the chop, thanks to the P.O. for installing

Fun2Fish wrote: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:27 pm Without the top, I'm sure it causes quite a bit of drag. Don't think I've had mine past 35 with top out. I'm curious to hear of your top speed, really thought about 350 when I ordered.

DCLfan wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:59 pm

Fun2Fish wrote: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:27 pm Without the top, I'm sure it causes quite a bit of drag. Don't think I've had mine past 35 with top out. I'm curious to hear of your top speed, really thought about 350 when I ordered.

This is the merc 6.2l 350. I did some speed runs both with the top up and without yesterday. The difference between bimini top deployed or rolled up in the bag is within the measurement error of about 1 mph. WOT was 4960 rpm, speed with gps was 47.5. The book says WOT range is 5000-5400, so I'm on the low edge of that range. Gear ratio is 2.2:1, B3 drive, 26 pitch prop (15.25" 4 blade and 13.75" 3 blade). 2460 ft asl.

The arch adds some drag all on its own, but I don't plan on removing that for testing. I got the data from vesselview mobile, which is averaging rpm readings, and uses the phone's GPS, which is doing the same - so it is hard to judge the 20 mph hole-shot value. I recorded the screen and microphone input, and playing back, It hits 20 mph between 3 and 3.8 seconds and 35 mph between 6 and 7. I'll see if I find a better combination of tools to refine that. (I slowly increased throttle for the WOT test).

Anyone else have some 220s 6.2l 350 data to share?

Ytmsn wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:09 am Great pics BG! I'm guessing there is a world of difference between LOTO and Sailorville?

Silverbullet555 wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:48 pm No pics, but at least got out for an afternoon. Wife had sinus surgery 10 days ago so we had to go slow. Spent most of the day under 10mph. Dropped wife at dock and took 1 son and other sons friend out for a little race boat as the 3 year old calls it.

New props jump the boat out of the water. May have lost a mph or two on the top end.

AsLan7 wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:42 pm .
Love posting from the Lake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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iboatmon wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:23 am IMG_0107.jpg

A little smokey on Lake Tahoe, but a good shot of the boat!

Ytmsn wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:33 am I thought this was cool with the fireworks going off in the background.

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Big Block Power wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:53 pm

Silverbullet555 wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:48 pm No pics, but at least got out for an afternoon. Wife had sinus surgery 10 days ago so we had to go slow. Spent most of the day under 10mph. Dropped wife at dock and took 1 son and other sons friend out for a little race boat as the 3 year old calls it.

New props jump the boat out of the water. May have lost a mph or two on the top end.

Hope the wife heals fast. The little ones are just a hoot. What did you switch too and did you look at your rpm's?

Silverbullet555 wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:08 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:53 pm

Silverbullet555 wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:48 pm No pics, but at least got out for an afternoon. Wife had sinus surgery 10 days ago so we had to go slow. Spent most of the day under 10mph. Dropped wife at dock and took 1 son and other sons friend out for a little race boat as the 3 year old calls it.

New props jump the boat out of the water. May have lost a mph or two on the top end.

Hope the wife heals fast. The little ones are just a hoot. What did you switch too and did you look at your rpm's?

This surgery #2 of 3 this year. She's a trooper. I was surprised she already went back to work after a week.

It was pretty rough so I wasn't able to really air it out and get max speed. I got it to 57mph at 4500rpm. That's about 250 more rpm than before. I went from f9 to f7.

BIGGUSBLOCKUS wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:12 pm

Ytmsn wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:09 am Great pics BG! I'm guessing there is a world of difference between LOTO and Sailorville?

LOTO is simply boat heaven. I burned so much gas and only saw a fraction of the lake. Saturday on LOTO is for the big boys in the main channel. The rest of the week it's pretty darn good.