maiden voyage today

bandit86

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6 weeks of blood and sweat and tears working on my 87 bayliner 2455, finally dunked her in and went on a 1 1/2 hour tour. Ran nice, trim tabs dont work, didnt know wether the outdrive was up or down, if had it down too far, is there a way to tell? She seemed to drift from side to side a lot, but drove nice. 64.9 km/h (40mph) on the gps. Depth gauge probably doesnt work, reading too shallow, there is no way the river was 4 ft deep, should have been about 10. The guy at the marina assured me he had a 60ft yacht where I was and there were sailboats all over the place. Other than that, we all came home dry, a big plus.
 

Gary H NC

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Re: maiden voyage today

It's great in ran good for you.Sounds like a few minor bugs to work out.<br />Does it have a trim guage? Mine has never worked i go bye the sound of the pump.<br />Start out trimmed all the way down,when the boat gets on plane just bump the trim up untill your speed increases.. :D
 

bandit86

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Re: maiden voyage today

didnt go downwhen I pushed the buttons, think it's out of oil
 

roscoe

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Re: maiden voyage today

Congrats on the safe and uneventful shake down cruise.
 
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