Trophy21
Crew Member
Trying to help a good friend. His 285 has the 6 cylinder merc diesel. In November it was doing 20mph at 3600rpm or so. Today on a 35mile trip we could not get it to plane. Could barely get 11mph at 3000rpm wot. Burnt a crazy amount of fuel? Engine sounds like it's running fine? We tried tabs up down motor leg up down? Could it be growth from the year in the marina? It is very under powered and takes a while to plane, so could be just that small drop in hull efficiency? Should he re prop? 4 blade?
Thanks for any ideas
Thanks for any ideas
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