newbie4life
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2007
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- 410
Hi Guys,
Took the above pontoon out yesterday, and now that everything is cleaned out and running well I tested the top speed of the pontoon.
GPS verified 15mph on a 10 3/8 x 13 aluminum prop. Everyone I talk to seems to think the prop is too 'steep' for the pontoon and that I should be running in the neighborhood of a 10 pitch. I'm not sure of the weight, exactly -- We just 'redid' the entire thing -- I would guess the pontoon would weigh in the neighborhood of 1500 lbs or so, maybe a little more. By the time you put a handful of people on it, it's gotta be close to 2200 lbs.
As I read the 'sticky' at the top of the page, I'm still lacking on information -- it's an outboard with no tachometer. Not feeling real comfortable about pulling the hood off and reading the rpms with the handheld meter -- there's so much water splashing around back there that I'm sure I would fill the carbs... Worked really hard (twice) to remove the junk from them to begin with.
I'm just wondering, does this seem like it should be faster than 15mph? I understand that I'm probably a little under-powered, but most of the reading I've done here lately seems to think in the neighborhood of 20 mph or so...
Wish I had more info for you,
Jason
Took the above pontoon out yesterday, and now that everything is cleaned out and running well I tested the top speed of the pontoon.
GPS verified 15mph on a 10 3/8 x 13 aluminum prop. Everyone I talk to seems to think the prop is too 'steep' for the pontoon and that I should be running in the neighborhood of a 10 pitch. I'm not sure of the weight, exactly -- We just 'redid' the entire thing -- I would guess the pontoon would weigh in the neighborhood of 1500 lbs or so, maybe a little more. By the time you put a handful of people on it, it's gotta be close to 2200 lbs.
As I read the 'sticky' at the top of the page, I'm still lacking on information -- it's an outboard with no tachometer. Not feeling real comfortable about pulling the hood off and reading the rpms with the handheld meter -- there's so much water splashing around back there that I'm sure I would fill the carbs... Worked really hard (twice) to remove the junk from them to begin with.
I'm just wondering, does this seem like it should be faster than 15mph? I understand that I'm probably a little under-powered, but most of the reading I've done here lately seems to think in the neighborhood of 20 mph or so...
Wish I had more info for you,
Jason