Boat will not go

[Rickself]

Boat will not go over 5 mph?

 

[Benny67]

Maybe it has a flat tire?

That's a pretty general statement there...

You might want to add some more information...

 

[andrewterri]

what type of engine, drive, and prop, what was the boat doing before the problem started? what are the rpms at 5mph? we can help just need some information

 

[Scott Danforth]

Rickself row faster......wait for more wind..... whip the slaves more

seriously, please read what you posted. now put yourself in our shoes. how can we help you if you give us absolutely zero information?

since you posted in the mercruiser section, we can assume that you may have an I/O and it may be a Mercruiser. beyond that. what are you working on? what year? new to you boat or one you had for a while? new problem?

 

[harringtondav]

Maybe you forgot to unstrap your boat from the trailer before you launched. (...tired old boater's joke)

 

[Bt Doctur]

put some aspirin in the tank and call us in the morning

 

[nola mike]

Following for clever snarkiness....

Close the windows and pump the water out? Pedal faster? Maybe that trolling motor for 454 swap wasn't a great idea?

 

[kip2001]

I find pulling the anchor up helps.

 

[tpenfield]

Boat will not go over 5 mph?

It must be a “no-wake zone” boat. Just for show, not for go.

 

[AlabamaNewbie]

I'd check to make sure you have the right prop. For example, if you have the one pictured here, it's not going to work well....

 

[Cobalt226]

spun the prop hub

 

[TurtleTamer]

Check it with GPS in case speedo is off

 

[wellcraft-classic210]

Funny stuff :lol:

But seriously -- throw your brother in law overboard & buy the little woman a bigger paddle ---


Or
Can you tell us how the engine is running -- does it bog or stall when you give it the gas ?

 

[harringtondav]

....though crowd here. Understandably.

 

[tacx]

From your discription, it's probably the whatchama call it under the thingamajig. If you pinch off the whosit and pressurized the baggit you will pick up some speed. But if your dragit is in the water all bets are off .

 

[GA_Boater]

Rickself Can you come back and give a little more information. All we know is that you have a slow Mercruiser. This is not enough to make any intelligent responses as you can tell by the humorous replies.

We need you to help us help you.

 

[Maclin]

Just sayin, we don't even know if it is a Mercruiser yet.

 

[GA_Boater]

Just sayin, we don't even know if it is a Mercruiser yet.

You know what assume means, but it is the M/C section. :noidea: if that's a safe guess or not.

 

[Mad Props]

Did you remember to refill the prop fluid?

 

[Watermann]

You should pull off the gas cap, drive a new boat under it and screw the cap back on.