possom813
Well-known member
The boat is running pretty good. My amigo and I took it out yesterday and ran it with the new stabilizer on the motor, with just he and I in the boat, it hit a plane almost instantly.
We caught up with a guy on a jetski with a speedometer and he paced us and said it was floating around 20-21mph.
Does that sound about right? 1648 Basstracker with a 240lbs and 160lbs guy, no gear, and the decking is 3/4" plywood, not sure what grade.
Also, last week, before the stabilizer, the wife, kids and I went fishing with all the gear we usually carry, it took a while, but the boat planed out after about 10 seconds or so. Today, same gear, same wife, same kids, took the boat out with the stabilizer and I couldn't get it to plane at all and it didn't seem like it was going near as fast as it was last week.
I don't expect it to be a speed demon by any means, but it feels as though it's going about 3/4's of the speed it was last week.
We caught up with a guy on a jetski with a speedometer and he paced us and said it was floating around 20-21mph.
Does that sound about right? 1648 Basstracker with a 240lbs and 160lbs guy, no gear, and the decking is 3/4" plywood, not sure what grade.
Also, last week, before the stabilizer, the wife, kids and I went fishing with all the gear we usually carry, it took a while, but the boat planed out after about 10 seconds or so. Today, same gear, same wife, same kids, took the boat out with the stabilizer and I couldn't get it to plane at all and it didn't seem like it was going near as fast as it was last week.
I don't expect it to be a speed demon by any means, but it feels as though it's going about 3/4's of the speed it was last week.