What’s your top speed?

[TipUp]

2002 Pursuit 2470 with a 300 hp Yamaha. 38 knots at 5500 RPM. Typically cruise at 25 knots at around 4500 RPM.

 

[ab1752]

26' podded hourston with a 300 verado
45 mph
17 hourston with a 115 Yamaha
44mph

That right there pretty much settles my internal 300hp vs 350hp outboard debate...now to go find the $50k haha

 

[Aces]

Holy lots of replies. Thanks guys. Makes me wonder if so should try a different prop for top end
I always thought 300hp should do more than low 40mph in a 20 ft boat

I run a mirage plus for good cruise. What’s a good go fast prop?

My friend who owns RPM let me try out several different props before I settled on the ones I run now but I can’t remember what they are exactly

 

[Rain City]

That right there pretty much settles my internal 300hp vs 350hp outboard debate...now to go find the $50k haha

Look in your bank account dink.

 

[Tail-chaser]

Myers why don’t you chim in and blow everyone away. Triple 3oo’s on a Reggie fountain stepped hull!!!

 

[Sir Reel]

Commander 30 twin Volvo D4 260hp
Cruise 2700 RPM 30 MPH 12.5 GPH
Top speed 3400 RPM 42 MPH 22 GPH

 

[Sir Reel]

25ft. Bertram, 260 Volvo penta d4.
Wide open 35mph at about 3100RPM..
She's heavy

It should be 3400 to 3600 WOT. Looks like too much prop. Hard on the engine

 

[tubber]

Myers why don’t you chim in and blow everyone away. Triple 3oo’s on a Reggie fountain stepped hull!!!

If we leave the harbour at the same time, he'll have 3 or 4 fish in the boat by the time I get there.
At the fuel dock, my boat is quicker.
17' Whaler with Merc 50hp tiller. I hit 31 mph between the harbour mouth and the slow down sign once. Tide was coming in. Usually cruise at 18- 20 if the swell is under 1.5m and 23 inside Barkley or Clayoquot. No tach, so I rely on nerve endings in my ears, back, and kidneys to judge speed.

 

[cracked_ribs]

I love all this speed and HP so if you need a chuckle here's my fishing machine ,,,a real beast.

21ft Ranger Tug
30HP Volvo Penta 3 cylinder diesel
"FLAT OUT" speed, no wind and no current---Wait for it...............9.5 knots.
Fuel Burn---to and from my fishing grounds,,trolling for 4-6 hrs a day,,2-3 times per week--$40-$50 a month.
As you can imagine many of you pass me going to and from the fishing grounds. LOL
But I still love my little boat. Retired and nothing but time to enjoy my time on the water.

I don't have the time to enjoy that properly just now but in retirement I can hardly think of anything better.

 

[Fox]

16’ double eagle. 90hp tohatsu 2 stroke, 17p stainless prop. Backed out at 47mph as she started to chine walk and got a little hairy. 5800 rpm. 3-4 seconds from 0-35mph.

 

[ReelSlim]

Podded 25' JaxonCraft twin 150 Yamahas Top Speed is 45MPH at 5700RPM if memory serves me right. Cruise is about 26MPH at 3500RPM
15' SilverStreak with a 25Hp Yamaha tiller. It runs flat out at 27MPH which seems plenty fast with the wind in your face...lol
Both boats are running the standard props that came with the motors. I may play with the set up on the twins but not unhappy with how it ran last summer so who knows...

 

[halimark]

Podded 25' JaxonCraft twin 150 Yamahas Top Speed is 45MPH at 5700RPM if memory serves me right. Cruise is about 26MPH at 3500RPM
15' SilverStreak with a 25Hp Yamaha tiller. It runs flat out at 27MPH which seems plenty fast with the wind in your face...lol
Both boats are running the standard props that came with the motors. I may play with the set up with the twins but not unhappy with how it ran last summer so who knows...

Dam you have 2 of my want/dream boats. Spent an hour the other week oogling over a parked 28'+ monster Jackson craft. Dam nice but above my needs, wants and must haves. Your lucky.

HM

 

[ReelSlim]

Dam you have 2 of my want/dream boats. Spent an hour the other week oogling over a parked 28'+ monster Jackson craft. Dam nice but above my needs, wants and must haves. Your lucky.

HM

Thanks HM.....He definitely builds a nice rig.

 

[EZZ70]

That right there pretty much settles my internal 300hp vs 350hp outboard debate...now to go find the $50k haha

Agree, think I might need a Suzuki 350 duo or twin 200's as I have a command bridge lol

 

[Tsquared]

19 ft Arima Sea Chaser with Yammie 115. Never redlined it but 30 mph once or twice.
Then there’s my 16 ft Hobie Adventure Island: 10 mph in the right sailing conditions.
0 GPH!

 

[michael_reiber]

1978 20foot Double Eagle with a 250 Suzuki on the back, 50mph wide open throttle and about 30-32mph cruise at 3800 rpm

 

[ab1752]

Agree, think I might need a Suzuki 350 duo or twin 200's as I have a command bridge lol

These hulls are super efficient, even without tabs I can plane at 2,200 rpms or so, the bow never raises much at all. The 12:1 compression on the Suzuki 350 DP freaks me out, seems like its a bit too much on the ragged edge. The 300HP DP V6 sounds great but then look at the Merc 300HP Verado, it is a V8 all motor and I think having those 2 extra cylinders could trump the duo props.

How about a FrankenMerc with a 300HP Verado V8 up top and a Suzuki DP drive down below? Yeehaw!

 

[EZZ70]

These hulls are super efficient,

Now that is music to my “inexperienced with Hourston hulls” ears...

 

[barkerfam]

trophy 2002, 175 optimax, 44 mph

 

[Canso]

Between 95 and 105 mph, depending on the gearing and conditions. Mind you that was years ago. Kelowna Regatta 1985. Oh, you meant sport fishing boats.



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love it... I just pulled mine from mothballs(been sitting for 15years). '69 Hondo V-Drive flat sbc thru transom, lol nothing crazy like yours.
about 2 weeks from getting her wet.
looking for 75mph