Boat speed

[answered prayer]

I have an 19' bayliner, with 87" Force 125 hp motor. I have owned the boat for two years, but untill recently<br />,had no working speedometer. I know the motor is getting a little tired, but I am looking for an opinion. The other day i was <br />out on the river ( the water semi. choppy) the boat had five adults, all over 200lbs.I maxed out the throttle, and the speedo was reading between<br />30-35mph. How does that sound???<br />Thanks

 

[The Marine Doctor]

Re: Boat speed

That sounds fine. That is a large boat and a lot of weight to have to push around for just a 125hp engine.<br /><br />TMD

 

[JB]

Re: Boat speed

Moving to Boats

 

[jpbaker]

Re: Boat speed

Let's see, 125 Force, 1,000+ in widebodys, 19'er. and you can STILL do 30-35? Who says Force ain't got no jimmies??? .

 

[dingbat]

Re: Boat speed

I'd say you're speedo is off. Pivot type speedos are notorious for not being accurate. A friend of mine bragged that his new boat would do 50 mph on a flat day. Well the next time out I went along and brought a GPS to validate his claim. Well, it turns out that his 50 mph top end was more like 37 mph measured with a GPS.