My First Boat With *Pics* - Would Do You Guys Think?

[JASinIL2006]

Looks great!!!

 

[Rick Stephens]

Nice! Should be a great source of enjoyment. Glad you already know how to do maintenance.

I also run 'premium' but not for the octane but because around here I can get it without ethanol. All my small vehicles- mowers, atvs, saws, welders, generators and so on will hopefully never have ethanol in em. Especially the boat. Not because they run faster, either.

 

[roffey]

Took it for a nice long ride tonight, idles great, cruises nice, very happy; for a moment I opened it up and with 2 people and a dog I was near 46-47MPH at its highest.
Hard to find the right trim, all the gauges work great except the trim so I was guessin and using my own judgement.
I cleaned up/sanded painted the trailer/wheels and I just painted my new louvers for the side in green to match, ty Jasin for the link.

In my boat the trim indicator is nice but you don't need it. When I trim the motor up I feel the boat rise out of the water and the rpm and speed go up. In my case the speedo stops working at 50 and drops to 25. Once you feel the boat start to slow down or cavitates, you've trimmed to far up and just drop it a bit.

 

[WIMUSKY]

In my boat the trim indicator is nice but you don't need it. When I trim the motor up I feel the boat rise out of the water and the rpm and speed go up. In my case the speedo stops working at 50 and drops to 25. Once you feel the boat start to slow down or cavitates, you've trimmed to far up and just drop it a bit.

Agree.

You can trim it out by feel and what you hear. When I had a 24' Crest. I/O manual steer, I trimmed it out until the steering "released"(became easy to steer). If I went too far, the RPMs would quickly increase and the steering would be too loose. Just slightly trim it back in until you hear /feel the prop grab and feel more in control at the wheel... Porpoising is another indicator you're trimmed out too far.... However, with my I/O I never had that issue.....

 

[littlerayray]

I don't use my trim Guage it works I just go by how the boat responds I trim up till I start porpoising and then bring it down little by little till it stops

 

[BigManDan72]

I don't use my trim Guage it works I just go by how the boat responds I trim up till I start porpoising and then bring it down little by little till it stops

This is how I do it as well. It's more about performance than what you see on a guage.

 

[thumpar]

That boat looks super clean. Good find.

I do pretty much the same with the trim. Sometimes I will look at the trim gauge at low speeds to see where I am at if I want to take off fast but the seat of you pants will tell you at normal speeds. You will get the feel for it. Mine doesn't porpoise unless there is a lot of waves. I just hit up until the limit switch kicks in. If there is a big wake I trim down to cut through it.

 

[airdvr1227]

Nice looking rig. Love the color. My first boat was a OMC/Chris and we really enjoyed it. Seriously though, read all you can about the OMC set up. Start with the Hastings link. Adjusted correctly it's a good motor/drive combo. Incorrectly adjusted and the drive will eat it's gearset for lunch. If the control lever is stiff and difficult to get into and out of gear you need to address that quickly. OMC hasn't been in business since the early 90's. Parts are becoming difficult if not impossible to find. Even worse finding technicians who know how to work on them is becoming harder.

Now that I've got you worried you'll have plenty to learn in the off season. Enjoy.:biggrin1:

 

[bruceb58]

Store your drive in the down position.