Blue Runner has a sister ship

[reh76]

Two good ideas, I'll try to check it out today.

[Blue_Runner]

Update from the weekend:

REH was able to mark the prop and take her for a spin Saturday. Yep, prop was SLIPPIN!! Thanks RW!

He was able to get another prop, same pitch and diameter - 13 x 17. Took it for another spin. Vast improvement. Turned 5100 RPMs. Much quicker outta the hole but still has an issue with WOT. No GPS aboard but guage said around 18mph. First, I don't trust the speed guage attached to the motor, tho it may very well be correct. Second, the boat sat in the water for a while and has quite a bit of barnacle growth on the hull. Based on everything we've read, this could slow you down quite considerably - which makes a lot of sense (I've never kept one in the water long enough to know firsthand).

I'm thinking this: get that bottom scraped smooth and try it out. Take along the handheld GPS. If speed is still an issue, start looking at prop pitch and diameter.

Thoughts?

p.s. I have not seen or ridden in the boat. I am over 200 miles away so everything I'm relating is 2nd hand info so Rick, feel free to correct me where I may have misquoted you!

[spareparts]

does it have bottom paint on it? make sure to get that hull clean

[Blue_Runner]

Yes, bottom paint. Don't know how many coats? What I've read about the barnacles says they're a lot easier to remove if you don't let them dry.

[reh76]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Yes, bottom paint. Don't know how many coats? What I've read about the barnacles says they're a lot easier to remove if you don't let them dry.

It looks like it has one coat of paint and one coat of barnacles. I'm going to pull it out early one morning, get some peanut juice and good music, and just go at it all day.

[spareparts]

when you haul it out, grab a scrub brush and a pressure washer and go to it

[Blue_Runner]

Peanut Juice = Busch Lite for those that don't know. It will be in the urban dictionary one of these days.