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Michiman

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Nice Looking boat!   Now let's get this Michigan weather to stay in the 80's all summer.  Enjoy
 
It was 39 when we picked ours up on  May 9th .Going back out today 
 
We really like that Bamboo oat flooring.  We were planning on ordering that, it seems that it will stay cool in the sun.  Keep us posted on how it works out this summer.
 
We got the platinum seagrass flooring that i love.   It's not too light in color.   It  hasn't gotten hot enough yet to tell if the floor will stay cool.  I don't expect it so show much or any dirt at all.   
 
Some thoughts on our first voyage. This is like driving a bus (albeit a luxury one) compared to my bowrider! That said, it has lots of room to move about and stretch out. Acceleration was quick and impressive but top-end a bit disappointing at 39.1 mph with the 250 hp being mated to a 13p ss prop. Although I'll rarely if ever take it full throttle, I may explore other prop options with my dealer. I've discussed my trim gauge issues in another post.


Fit and finish is mostly good although the helm door opening rises a bit at the radius corner so the door doesn't look quite right to me. The Garmin wasn't plugged in to begin with so it did not initially work. Surprisingly, the gas cap has no chain so I'll have to be careful to not lose it in the lake. It's also plastic: seems that it doesn't follow the rest of the high end boat theme. The doors in my counter rattled while underway so I purchased felt pads; problem solved.


My wife and daughter love it, which is the biggest thing. I'm sure once I get more comfortable with docking an 8.5' boat in a 10' slip I'll be there too. 
 
Im biased with that color combo!  Its great to see what our boat is going to look like, only difference is we ordered with the bimini black.  Looks sharp!!!!

Spar-Toon said:
We got the platinum seagrass flooring that i love.   It's not too light in color.   It  hasn't gotten hot enough yet to tell if the floor will stay cool.  I don't expect it so show much or any dirt at all.   
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We were thinking the same thing!  Let me know how it holds up since we ordered full seagrass.
 
Baroda5 said:
We really like that Bamboo oat flooring.  We were planning on ordering that, it seems that it will stay cool in the sun.  Keep us posted on how it works out this summer.
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So far, the bamboo oat flooring seems pretty nice. It's padded somewhat and easy on the feet. While it was only in the upper 70's last weekend, it didn't seem to get hot at all. Hopefully we'll have some high 80's to see if that holds true. :)
 
Awesome Boat! Love the color and layout enjoy.  :)
 
Very nice boat, congrats.  Your top speed might pick up a bit once the motor gets some more time on it.
 
Very nice! I'd think a 15p Enertia prop would be a good starting point depending on where your rpm's are.
 
TomS said:
Very nice! I'd think a 15p Enertia prop would be a good starting point depending on where your rpm's are.
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RPM's were clocking in at what looked to be 6500.
 
I don't know what the top end RPM is supposed to be, but that seems high. It's got that 13P spinning too fast. 
 
Sharp looking boat there! Once you change out that prop you'll see an increase in speed
 
Michiman said:
RPM's were clocking in at what looked to be 6500.
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Oh, should be no more than 6400 tops. I am guessing15p will drop that ~300, right about where it should be. My 2275RCW is @6250 with an 18p Enertia, just about perfect for the smaller boat. With a load, it's still 6000-6200.
 
Looks great, congrats!
 
I sure hope you didn't rev her up to 6500rpm before 2 hour break-in.  I would have thought the rev limiter should not allowed that high.  My last I/O we got jumping waves and well, the entire boat, prop and all were flying, and the rev limiter kicked in beeped like crazy, haven't tried that with the tri, yet.  Gosh that was fun, I have got to get back up on Burt/Mullet.


I'm with others and recommend a increased pitched prop to reduce the top rev.
 
krcossin said:
I sure hope you didn't rev her up to 6500rpm before 2 hour break-in.  I would have thought the rev limiter should not allowed that high.  My last I/O we got jumping waves and well, the entire boat, prop and all were flying, and the rev limiter kicked in beeped like crazy, haven't tried that with the tri, yet.  Gosh that was fun, I have got to get back up on Burt/Mullet.


I'm with others and recommend a increased pitched prop to reduce the top rev.
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Actually for Verado break in is a bit different, run it like ya stole it:


"For the 1st 2 hrs: up to 4500 and Wide Open Throttle (WOT) for 1 minute every ten minutes. Next 8 hours, any RPM, just avoid WOT for longer than 5 min"
 
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