[SPLASHED] I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

[FLATHEAD]

Looks great. Looking forward to video of her underway.

 

[redneck joe]

no offence but damn todays outboards sure are ugly.

 

[tphoyt]

What a Beautiful morning for a test ride.
I hope you’re having a blast.

 

[tpenfield]

It's splashed . . .
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We launched the boat at about 9:00 am today. It was pretty windy, so not much to do but put the boat on the mooring. I put 0.3 hr on the clock, so it is out of its initial break-in phase. The next phase is going up to 2,500 RPM in a varied fashion.
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The boat sits about 2" higher in the stern than I had anticipated. The static trim appears to be 0.9˚ (just under 1 degree upward) . . . assuming the deck is parallel to the keel. I can probably check that by going off one of the stringers in the bilge.
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The boat will need an initial cleaning from all the tree trimming it did while bringing the boat up/down our narrow road.

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[flashback]

Time to celebrate!

 

[tphoyt]

Sounds like you need more beer in the stern.

 

[redneck joe]

when i had the carver and my mind went down this road i contemplated adding 100 or so gallons of fuel capacity in the (former) engine well.

 

[Pmt133]

Hoping you're happy with it all so far.

 

[flashback]

I bet it will be a bit intimidating for anyone sitting in that back rumble seat.

 

[Scott Danforth]

need a pic of the cheshire smile...

 

[nola mike]

Wow, looks great! Any other calculations/assumptions off so far?

 

[tpenfield]

I had the boat out today for some more break-in running. I was not able to do too much, because one of the trim tabs was in the full down position and would not retract. Later in the day, I was able to fix the trim tab.

I got the engines up to 3200 RPM and a boat speed of 28 mph. and ran the engines at a variety of speeds for about 90 minutes. The boat has very little bow rise coming up on plane.

I also had to do a fair amount of cleaning from all the tree bits/vegetation that fell into while being towed.

Here are a few photos of the day.
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The engines are very quiet.
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View attachment IMG_9938.MOV

 

[tphoyt]

It’s so quiet