My new boat!

[Bent-Tip]

Nice looking ride !!!

 

[littlechucky]

Thanks fellas, to be honest I was too scared to look at the fuel burn. Never been that fast on the water before. RPM topped at exactly 6000 and 57.9mph. We spent the day on the outside (offshore Esperanza). The boat handled like a champ in fairly large seas. The torque is crazy. You can climb a large wave with ease. It also has a super responsive throttle. I've used about 1/8th of a tank (454L tank) and we made the run from Zeballos and two trips offshore so I'm thinking that is good on fuel (relatively). Cruising speed is 27mph @3000rpm and about 9.5 gallons/hr. The only downside so far is the noise but that is to be expected with an aluminum boat I guess...

On a side note, I went with twin 225HO's which is the max HP. If I did it again I'd do twin 200's. I'm not going to say I'm overpowered because that statement is just wrong but I could easily have done with less. Learning to dock with twin engines is deadly awesome, its like running a skidsteer.

What is the weight of that rocket?... fully loaded (gear, fuel, beer, humans, etc).

 

[Waterwolf2230]

We’ve estimated 8800lbs.

Boat - 5500
Motors - 1200ish
454L fuel - 750lbs
4 guys - 900lbs
Gear - 500

 

[Viking]

Thanks fellas, to be honest I was too scared to look at the fuel burn. Never been that fast on the water before. RPM topped at exactly 6000 and 57.9mph. We spent the day on the outside (offshore Esperanza). The boat handled like a champ in fairly large seas. The torque is crazy. You can climb a large wave with ease. It also has a super responsive throttle. I've used about 1/8th of a tank (454L tank) and we made the run from Zeballos and two trips offshore so I'm thinking that is good on fuel (relatively). Cruising speed is 27mph @3000rpm and about 9.5 gallons/hr. The only downside so far is the noise but that is to be expected with an aluminum boat I guess...

On a side note, I went with twin 225HO's which is the max HP. If I did it again I'd do twin 200's. I'm not going to say I'm overpowered because that statement is just wrong but I could easily have done with less. Learning to dock with twin engines is deadly awesome, its like running a skidsteer.

Sick picture!

 

[Prairie Locked]

Whst was the rpm’s and fuel burn at thst speed?

Asking for a friend

As Waterwolf already stated, the RPM was around 6000 and the fuel consumption stated a max of ~33 gallons per hourly near WOT. That wasn’t sustained though.

Keep in mind, these are brand new engines. As time goes by, their efficiency is increasing too.

 

[Prairie Locked]

Hope you guys are wearing your helmets and capes.

He wouldn’t let me wear my red spandex and cape on the boat. Sorry Stizzla.

 

[Sir Reel]

How did your Airmar SS-175HW 1kW chirp transducer work out? I am looking at the same unit. Interested in your experience with it.
Thanks