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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
G3 1656 CCJ ((New Lights & Neodymium 3/16/17 ))
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<blockquote data-quote="RiverBottomOutdoors" data-source="post: 302737" data-attributes="member: 3912"><p>Took her out for the first 3 hours of the 10 hour break in. In the 3rd hour the manual says you can run WOT, but for no more than 5 minutes at a time. </p><p></p><p>Bare boat. Two guys both on the other side of 200LBS, 1 cranking battery, 11-12 gallons of gas.....on the GPS, she touched 28 with the wind at her back. About 26.5 - 27.5mph is what she consistently ran WOT in smooth to light chop. Not a speed demon....I would like to touch 30 by myself, but fast enough for me. Out the hole, she jumps up on step double quick! That really surprised me. I guess that forward helm really makes a difference.</p><p></p><p>Handling is dramatically different from a prop at low speeds. I think I'm going to have an interesting experience the first time I load in current. But you can also spin the boat on its center when at idle and very very low throttle. I like that. </p><p></p><p>A little over 3 hours of run time The first hour running in 6mph range, the second hour probably 20 minutes of 1/2 throttle and the third hour probably 15 - 20 minutes of WOT. The gas needle might have moved a hair...might have.</p><p></p><p>Step 1. Mount the fish finder. Had the dealer mount it for me on a RAM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RiverBottomOutdoors, post: 302737, member: 3912"] Took her out for the first 3 hours of the 10 hour break in. In the 3rd hour the manual says you can run WOT, but for no more than 5 minutes at a time. Bare boat. Two guys both on the other side of 200LBS, 1 cranking battery, 11-12 gallons of gas.....on the GPS, she touched 28 with the wind at her back. About 26.5 - 27.5mph is what she consistently ran WOT in smooth to light chop. Not a speed demon....I would like to touch 30 by myself, but fast enough for me. Out the hole, she jumps up on step double quick! That really surprised me. I guess that forward helm really makes a difference. Handling is dramatically different from a prop at low speeds. I think I'm going to have an interesting experience the first time I load in current. But you can also spin the boat on its center when at idle and very very low throttle. I like that. A little over 3 hours of run time The first hour running in 6mph range, the second hour probably 20 minutes of 1/2 throttle and the third hour probably 15 - 20 minutes of WOT. The gas needle might have moved a hair...might have. Step 1. Mount the fish finder. Had the dealer mount it for me on a RAM. [/QUOTE]
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