Vikingstaff
Moderator
Okay...just picked up the boat this morning and got it dockside. 3rd year with the boat, but just had the Sea Legs added. Gas tank topped off. Me and my son Jacob. Very strong headwinds. Pushing into choppy conditions 6”-1’ waves.
We just drove it to the cottage as the conditions were messy, so this is NOT a true performance check and comparison....yet.
Boat:
- 2017 24’ SSBXP SPS 200 Mercury Verado Pro, 16p Enertia Prop
- Bad ass captain at the helm, with trusty son co-piloting beside me.
Performance/Comparison:
- Hit 38.7 mph on gps pretty easily. Didn’t try to mess with trim much, so maybe could have squeezed it into the 39 range.
- I just got up on plane, put the throttle down, and took notice of what I got to before easing off the throttle.
- In the past, I probably would have got up to 40-42 in similar wind and water conditions.
- My best WOT solo with a 1/2 tank of gas was like 43/44 mph on gps.
- Didn’t notice too much difference from the past in performance, but bad conditions to test in.
- I am thinking I might not lose much of any performance at WOT. Maybe 3 mph.
Future Reports
- It will be interesting to really test and compare performance at other times this summer.
- I am curious if I will notice any difference in hole shot, as top end looks to be minimal with a moderately light load.
- I am also curious to see how WOT ends up with a full load of people - even though WOT is almost never hit when boating with a large group for us.
I will do a couple of replies with initial pictures so people can see what they look like now, and how they look tucked up with the underskinning.
We just drove it to the cottage as the conditions were messy, so this is NOT a true performance check and comparison....yet.
Boat:
- 2017 24’ SSBXP SPS 200 Mercury Verado Pro, 16p Enertia Prop
- Bad ass captain at the helm, with trusty son co-piloting beside me.
Performance/Comparison:
- Hit 38.7 mph on gps pretty easily. Didn’t try to mess with trim much, so maybe could have squeezed it into the 39 range.
- I just got up on plane, put the throttle down, and took notice of what I got to before easing off the throttle.
- In the past, I probably would have got up to 40-42 in similar wind and water conditions.
- My best WOT solo with a 1/2 tank of gas was like 43/44 mph on gps.
- Didn’t notice too much difference from the past in performance, but bad conditions to test in.
- I am thinking I might not lose much of any performance at WOT. Maybe 3 mph.
Future Reports
- It will be interesting to really test and compare performance at other times this summer.
- I am curious if I will notice any difference in hole shot, as top end looks to be minimal with a moderately light load.
- I am also curious to see how WOT ends up with a full load of people - even though WOT is almost never hit when boating with a large group for us.
I will do a couple of replies with initial pictures so people can see what they look like now, and how they look tucked up with the underskinning.