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    How do I get out of the water faster?

    I've got a 1988 Searay 18.5' with a 135hp v-6 outboard merc. It's got a 14.5 X 19 prop on it. It seems to take it a little bit to get up and going. I would like to get the boat up and planning quicker. The boat is running pretty good. With the prop I've got about 4700 RPM WOT. Felt like about 40...
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    88 135hp merc. trouble getting up to speed

    My merc. has a 88 135hp motor and when I give it throttle to take off in forward it takes awhile for it to reach its max speed which im not sure what that is. The gauges are questionable as to if they really work or not. I've got a 14.5 X 19 prop on the boat. If I put the throttle in the neutral...
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    Feels like prop free spins taking corners

    I've got a 88' searay with a 135hp merc. When I've got it going about twenty or faster and take a slightly tight corner the boat revs up on me and i have to slow down for it to pick back up. Any ideas
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    88' 135hp merc wont pull a skiier out of water

    I've got a 1988 Searay. The boat won't pull a skiier out of the water. I can pull a knee boarder out or pull a tube. The boat doesn't have the umph on start up. Takes the boat quite awhile to get up to any type of speed at all. also when i go around corners it seems like the prop free spins. any...
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    Wont go fast in Forward

    I've got a 1988 Searay with a 135hp merc.It's got a 14.5 X 19 prop on it. I took the boat up to a high lake and the boat started up great. I threw the boat in reverse and no problems. Once i went to go forward the boat would only idle in forward. Everything looked o.k. I was checking everything...
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