lar(bayliner)
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- May 7, 2004
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Hey folks,<br />I have been reading your posts recently trying to pluck up courage to send my own regarding some issues i am having with my first boat,coming from a jet-skiing background i am relatively new to all this,so your help is greatly appreciated,also coming from ireland there is not a whole lot of help close by.....well..here we go,firstly im not terribly sure what year my boat is although i do know that it is a bayliner 185 capri with a 3.0l omc I/O ,I have been told by so called experts that it is 175hp/130hp/135hp and finally 140hp according to the serial numbers on the engine it seems to be 175hp,can this be right(remenber i have owned a few jetski's where 1200cc would give me 155hp.how can a 3000cc give me so little,also looking at previous posts you say 4600rpm-4800rpm is about tops for such an engine ,at these revs my engine is screaming and it is just barely scraping 31mph on flat sea water no matter what i do with the trim,will a larger prop do the trick ,my current one is a 14/17 or 17/14 if that makes any sense.i dont want huge acceleration(then again i dont want some guy passing me out in a canoe while im waiting to get on the plane)i just want a high top speed/low rev boat so i can get a decent distance on a full tank(90miles or so it says on the odd site)as you might know petrols not that cheap over here.and finally folks and thanks for staying with me so far,where can i find schematics or a breakdown of the engine and leg(also omc)or do i have to order a manual from some where.<br />Regards and thanks<br />Lar.<br /> 