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Finnegan wrote:
Duf - When I ordered my 25 new in 1989, definitely considering the WD model, the guys at the factory told me that a WD model would run 5 MPH slower than the same cut transom model, with the same engines.
I think the WD model carries extra weight and more drag in the water.
A WD model with twin 200's will run about 50 MPH, a standard transom model about 55MPH, and mine, with full transom and Armstrong bracket, Merc 200 EFI's, has been clocked at 62 MPH. That was acheived with a Mercury racing driver at the controls, running 19" Revolution-4's at 6400 RPM! The best i had ever been able to get out of it was an even 60 DGPS.
Finnegan, for whatever reason i cannot download your photo's and look them over, which i would really like to. If there is another way to shot them to me, would appreciate it. Will PM you my e-mail address.
6400 RPM's, what kind of motors you got! My recommended RPM's are 5600 on my ETECS! Very cool, and bet you enjoyed the 60MPH. I've VERY interested in getting the boat and settling down to a cruise with just me so i can learn the boat. I'm sure it will have a fantasic ride, and even at 50, which is plenty quick, will be very enjoyable as my 22's have been awesome and i can only assume with 27ft of BW including the WD in the water with a 8' beam, will be the dream boat i always thought it would be.
Any suggestions you have with regards to the boat, don't hesitate to toss them out there!
Hey Duf, I have a hard time with viewing Finnegans album also. A lot of his pictures are actually videos that require a true high speed connection or they just will not load. I can get right to his photobucket album but I cannot click on many of the pics unless I want to sit here waiting for each to slowly load up. The ones with triangles in them are useless for me with a satellite internet connection.
I can say I rarely run this boat over 50. Most of the time we are loafing along at 25-35 MPH. One thing for sure, Duf, the 25 is a LOT more boat than a 22.
The engines are 1997 Mercury 200 EFI's, redlined at 5800.
But the Mercury racing guy said they can easily take the 6400 RPM. But I don't run them up that high. I switched to 21" Revolution-4 props, to keep the revs dwon to 5800-5900 RPM.
If and when I ever need to repower (engines currently have 2200 hours on them) I will get a pair of Merc 150's, probably the new 150 4-strokes just being introduced. They should still give me 50 MPH.
I had a 1995 Montauk with a 100 HP Mercury tuned up to 120-130 HP (aprox).
Being on Mercury pro team I was able to tried different Mercury props until we found just the right mixture of whole shot, top speed, and cruising at 4000 RPM.
While fishing The Red Fish tournaments, with normal gear and 20-25 gallons of fuel onboard with two people it would run flat out at 52 MPH via GPS...
GPS vis radar gun speeds are not the same, cause your moving in a volume that in its self is moving. When testing boats, I’ve found radar gun speeds to usually reflect faster speeds than the GPS is reporting.
