Pontoon ?

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

21' pontoon with 1999 Mercury 115.<br />Should top speed be more than 21 MPH? <br />Running a 13P prop.<br /><br />Also, has anyone heard of the "Waterglide"?<br /><br />Suppose to be some kind of thingy to give more buyoancy to a pontoon, kinda like a partial toon.<br />Thanks

 

[Trent]

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SBN my toon is a 21' with a 70 Merc. I GPS at 22mph at WOT. Im running a 13P also.Iv Never seen the waterglide in person.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Nope, never seen one before.<br />This potoon is in high country between 6 and 9K feet.<br /><br />I know that makes a difference, but still think it should run a little better than 21 MPH with the 115 on it.<br /><br />Them things work Trent?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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P.S. Trent, what RPM's are you turning at 22MPH?

 

[Trent]

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Dont really know if they work SBN, But it looks like it should raise the toons out of the water for more speed. I wish I could try them. But im too cheap <br /><br />Iv got my rig set up to turn the max rpm of 5500.<br /><br />Drove a friends 24' toon two weeks ago with a 115 Merc on it. It GPS'd at 28MPH. Dont know what prop it had and I dont remember the RPM.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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5500? He says his top rpm's is 4950 so I figure that is why his MPH's are down.<br /><br />Yea they say about 690 more pounds of buyoancy that they give.

 

[jeff_smith_0423]

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Charger - this is a five year old thread and the original poster has since passed away.

Mods please lock.

 

[JB]

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This is not an outboard thread, it is a 'toon thread.

I am going to move it there. Then I will lock it out of respect for our dear departed friend.