quinones88210
Cadet
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2009
- Messages
- 6
We purchased this boat just over a week ago and had a chance to take it to the lake over the 4th of july weekend. Boat starts right up and appears to run well, however we had a hard time getting it to plane out. I myself weigh about 175 and my wife about 130. It sounded strong and had good throttle response but would not plane out until either one of us went up front for about 30 seconds or so. I had thought maybe this was normal until seeing a similiar boat on the water that seemed to be having a lot of fun as we were not. Then i watched some youtube videos of the same boat and realized something was wrong. I've inspected the bottom and found no debris in the intake of the jet, impeller seems to be in good condition except for minor knicks and the clearance between the impeller and wear ring is about .032, also the label on the top of the engine states that it is rated for 5000-5500rpm's and i'm only getting 4000 at best. I know its not a high performance speed boat and do not expect it to be, but would like it to take off and plane out and go a little faster than about 25 as it is now. This is our first boat so any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.