She got new power this weekend!!

[garbubba]

How's it sit in the water & what were you running before? My 200 merc has my boats a$$ sitting pretty low & all the 4 strokes are heavier,but this one is close.

[captMarty]

Originally Posted by garbubba

How's it sit in the water & what were you running before? My 200 merc has my boats a$$ sitting pretty low & all the 4 strokes are heavier,but this one is close.

She sits about an inch lower in the water than before. The scuppers are just above the water line. I plan to move the batteries from the back to under the passenger console to compensate for adding weight to the back.

[captMarty]

I tried the 14.25 X 18 Power Tech prop this weekend and did not like it, I'll be going back to the 15.25 X 19. At 4,000 rpm she did 27 mph and to get 30 mph took 4,400 rpm. I never got to WOT because it would have exceeded 6,000 rpm. This was with 2 adults, 2 kids, full fuel and ice. I got better speed and economy with the bigger prop.

[captMarty]

Loving the new Mercury. Fully loaded down this weekend with the bimini top up it turned 5400 and 43 mph with the big prop. Not sure how far I ran but was fishing 30 miles from the pass so I'm thinking at least 70 miles total and didn't burn a quarter tank of fuel. Also very pleased with the built in fish box. I wasn't sure how well it would hold ice and how many fish I could get in there, it did awesome on both.

[Troutkiller2006]

you talking bout the forward fish box? im not even thinking bout props yet, gonna see what the one i have does, aint got no prop money! have yall seen the price of beer? props, fphttt.

out here putting my old junk on my new old boat, thinking bout battery placement. ive got a 24 volt trolling motor so i gotta run at least 3 batteries.looking in the forward storage, in the aft of it in both port and stbd corners the stringers ron into the sideshell and make a bit of a shelf. think im gonna build on those and put one battery on each side up there. and the third in the port console. my 225 two smoke is 480#'s, close to yours so i got the same problem. installing trim tabs now

[phatdaddy]

so, you ended up running the 15.25 x19

[captMarty]

Yes, the 15.25 X 19 definitely performs better than the 14.25 X 18. The boat seems more responsive and faster with the bigger prop.

[captMarty]

Originally Posted by Troutkiller2006

you talking bout the forward fish box? im not even thinking bout props yet, gonna see what the one i have does, aint got no prop money! have yall seen the price of beer? props, fphttt.

out here putting my old junk on my new old boat, thinking bout battery placement. ive got a 24 volt trolling motor so i gotta run at least 3 batteries.looking in the forward storage, in the aft of it in both port and stbd corners the stringers ron into the sideshell and make a bit of a shelf. think im gonna build on those and put one battery on each side up there. and the third in the port console. my 225 two smoke is 480#'s, close to yours so i got the same problem. installing trim tabs now

Yes, the forward fish box. I've seen some of these that are junk and don't hold ice well. I checked out the insulation and it wasn't very thick so I was planning to add some foam insulation if I could but I was pleasantly surprised.

[captMarty]

Finally got the rigging hose and got the new mercury rigged properly. I used some quarter inch starboard and fit everything in the best I could.