Ok so i said screw it and went to the San Francisco Bay at the Berkeley Marina and managed to get some test runs in, just me and one passenger. I did like 45 MPH but that was where my prop was spinning at 5500 RPM, i believe it could reach 50 MPH if i held it longer and had maybe a better...
I just got my first boat! Its a 20 foot bowrider, 1979 Cordova by Fiber Cell. Its got a 330hp Carbd Mercruiser 454 with TRS drive, guessing it weighs 3800 wet. What kind of speed can i expect on this boat? I was doing 25mph at 3200 rpm (i thought it was pretty slow) Came with a 21p cleaver prop...
