Sean A.
Active Member
Over the weekend we had a chance to take a test ride on a potential "new to us boat". It is a 2011 2550 RCL w/ 250 vmax SHO engine being offered at a great price.
The motor only has 53 hours on it, and the boat is in great shape.
However, the boat has been sitting in the dealer's slip all summer and has been collecting grime. Top speed of this boat during the test drive was 25 MPH! The Dealer told us that the speed would be greatly decreased, but I couldn't believe how much! We had 3 adults on board and 1 small kid.
He claims that cleaning the toons should increase the speed by 15MPH. The Dealer is willing to clean the toons if we decide to purchase (The Dealer is working as a Broker on this deal).
Has anyone else experienced this much decrease in speed due to dirty toons?
I have to say i was disappointed in the top speed of the boat, but the turning/banking of the boat was very impressive. (This was our first ride on a boat w/ ESP)
-Sean
The motor only has 53 hours on it, and the boat is in great shape.
However, the boat has been sitting in the dealer's slip all summer and has been collecting grime. Top speed of this boat during the test drive was 25 MPH! The Dealer told us that the speed would be greatly decreased, but I couldn't believe how much! We had 3 adults on board and 1 small kid.
He claims that cleaning the toons should increase the speed by 15MPH. The Dealer is willing to clean the toons if we decide to purchase (The Dealer is working as a Broker on this deal).
Has anyone else experienced this much decrease in speed due to dirty toons?
I have to say i was disappointed in the top speed of the boat, but the turning/banking of the boat was very impressive. (This was our first ride on a boat w/ ESP)
-Sean