Douglass Craft Update
Submitted by davidbland50 on Tue, 2011-12-13 10:14
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Well it has now been a few weeks since the rebuild finished and the sea trials proved to be successful. Thanks to All Boats for doing a superb job on fixing the miss at 2700rpm, the boat cruises at 3200 and 22knots. I have managed to push it to 5400 and 42knots, but we think with a little more fine tuning on the trim, and maybe a greater pitch prop, presently 17, it could go faster! Although, 42 is pretty scary at that speed. Dont get me wrong, the hull rides beautifully and handles chop brilliantly, just the water is moving too quick for an oldie like me. lol.
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Swan River Fisher
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haha looking goodmotor has
haha looking good
motor has turned out great
Andy_b
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42 knots thats moving on
42 knots thats moving on water :) , i can only get my trailcraft to 24 knots lol mind u it needs a new prop and good service
davidbland50
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Light as
Forgot to mention, after the first run in the river, I went and weighed both the boat and trailer. It came out at 1360kg gross. Previously, I weighed just the trailer and found it to be 460kg. 900kg for boat and motor and about 30lt of fuel is considerably light for a 150hp. Be interesting to see how she will perform with a few of my mates onboard for the first serious fish!!
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wazzbat
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Well done mate. I'm sure it
Well done mate. I'm sure it must feel pretty good cruising around in your rebuilt rig after all the hard work. Looking good too!
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davidbland50
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Cruisin'
Yeh, the young boy reckons it is far better than our old rig. Faster and quieter. Will look at repainting the outside next winter, thinking possibly light blue or off white. Saw that thread on the International paint. Might give that a try.
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