Recent content by PKNewt

Thanks for the good advice! I do not have a spare prop so this is a great excuse to buy one. Knock on wood, I don't even have a scratch on the skeg or prop after 9 years and 130 hours on the water- but as soon as I say that I'll take the prop off on a rock next weekend....

On my 2011 SLI 22 (25" pontoons) with a F70 Yamaha and the factory provided 13 pitch aluminum prop, I can reach 21 MPH wide open, top down at 5,500 RPM. It also pulls kids on tubes and skis just fine, although slows considerably in turns as you would expect. Of course I would like more speed to...

I agree with going Sunbrella- great stuff! I have a tendency to stick with original OEM, but I noticed right off the bat that the original materials are not as good as Sunbrella I have had/have on other boats. I never had significant mildew issues and seemed to have them on this top starting in...

Thanks for the great advice! I'll reply with the outcome when I get there. Hoping to get the boat in the water tomorrow. A little late this year compared to most. Maybe I'll get a better profile picture to replace the one with the lake flooded a few inches over my dock (had two take the boat out...

New to the site and I tried to do a little searching first before posting, but decided to post anyway! I have a 2011 22 SLI, pretty standard setup I ordered at a boat show many moons ago. I keep it in a shelter in winter and lift in the summer and I managed to let it swing and tear up my bimini...