She got new power this weekend!!

[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.

[SkunkBoat]

2 steering cables?

[captMarty]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

2 steering cables?

Yes, this boat is set up with 2 steering cables.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Most boats with a 150hp or bigger are reccomended to have dual cables now for safety.