Hey all,
I recently bought a 2007 Tahoe 222 deck boat. Here's what I am running into the last couple days on the water. With a full tank of gas (45 gallons) 5 adults of average size (4 sitting up front and me in the rear driving) the boat gets out of the hole "decently". Now, we went back to the lake today with 6 adults and 3 children, this time myself and 2 larger adults (roughly 700lbs between us 3 ) were in the rear and the rest were up front (roughly 425 lbs). The boat took FOREVER to reach plane. I mean at full throttle it took about 20-25 seconds just to plane out. Is this a weight issue due to where we were all sitting? Its rated for 1850lbs. It wasn't cavitating unless i had the motor raised too much, but whether it was trimmed all the way down or slightly it was the same result out of the hole, just sluggish. Once on plane it was fine but if i had to slow down and lost that plane and try to throttle back, it took a little time to get back up there. This boat has the 260 HP engine and running a standard Quiksilver 3-blade 14.5x19P prop. At WOT its at roughly 4500 RPM. It will top out at 45 MPH with 6 adults so I am good with all the top end, just out the hole is horrible. Is this a prop issue? Do I need something different to get out the hole? Any advice??? Thanks
I recently bought a 2007 Tahoe 222 deck boat. Here's what I am running into the last couple days on the water. With a full tank of gas (45 gallons) 5 adults of average size (4 sitting up front and me in the rear driving) the boat gets out of the hole "decently". Now, we went back to the lake today with 6 adults and 3 children, this time myself and 2 larger adults (roughly 700lbs between us 3 ) were in the rear and the rest were up front (roughly 425 lbs). The boat took FOREVER to reach plane. I mean at full throttle it took about 20-25 seconds just to plane out. Is this a weight issue due to where we were all sitting? Its rated for 1850lbs. It wasn't cavitating unless i had the motor raised too much, but whether it was trimmed all the way down or slightly it was the same result out of the hole, just sluggish. Once on plane it was fine but if i had to slow down and lost that plane and try to throttle back, it took a little time to get back up there. This boat has the 260 HP engine and running a standard Quiksilver 3-blade 14.5x19P prop. At WOT its at roughly 4500 RPM. It will top out at 45 MPH with 6 adults so I am good with all the top end, just out the hole is horrible. Is this a prop issue? Do I need something different to get out the hole? Any advice??? Thanks