TexasMustang
Member
- Messages
- 11
- Reaction score
- 18
Got to take the new (to me) boat out today (Easter Sunday) with all the kids. It was warm enough that the kids wanted to get in the water. They had a great time tubing. Boat is a 2008 2275rl tritoon with a Yamaha 150. Boat was loaded with 4 teenage girls, 4 younger boys, and 3 adult men. I was towing a large tub (Super Mable) with 3 people on it.
Going in a straight line the boat had plenty of power/speed. I backed off at 25mph with the teenagers on it but it would have gone faster. When I turn to wip the tube out the RPM's would shoot to redline (showing just under 7k on tachometer before I'd pull throttle back) and I'd loose all speed. It felt like the prop was coming out of the water. The trim was all the way down. Any thoughts on what is going on. Could it be the prop? I don't know exactly what prop is on it; it is a 4 blade stainless steel. Going in a straight line and not towing the boat tops out at about 35mph at 5900rpm.

Going in a straight line the boat had plenty of power/speed. I backed off at 25mph with the teenagers on it but it would have gone faster. When I turn to wip the tube out the RPM's would shoot to redline (showing just under 7k on tachometer before I'd pull throttle back) and I'd loose all speed. It felt like the prop was coming out of the water. The trim was all the way down. Any thoughts on what is going on. Could it be the prop? I don't know exactly what prop is on it; it is a 4 blade stainless steel. Going in a straight line and not towing the boat tops out at about 35mph at 5900rpm.
