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Van · 04-19-2004, 12:42 PM

Fish-on, sure...
Length ~20' 10"
Beam 8'4"
I don't know the weight.

I had an oceanrunner 150 (carburated) on it when it was new, that engine was a POC..,.so I got a great deal to switch to the rude in 2000' and went up to the 175. with the old engine the boat would do only do about 30mph, and would list to one side, I feel it was underpowered, but that was the stock engine in the package. With the same prop, and the new engine, the boat performes amazingly better, and I gets the speed I mentioned. It is still fast enough, its not like I'm trying to race anyone, but I want to see what I'll get with the higher pitch, i still have plenty of RPM to play with, as of now it spins about 5600. The new prop might drop that down 200-300, so I am still OK. I can always put the old prop back on.
The windlass is because I blew my back out few years back (had surgery) and I have no desire to pull an anchor rope again. We have tossed around many posts about anchoring on this board, lots of good input from other boaters. (you can do a search and see the other posts)...
At the end of last season, I hooked into something really BIG, I tried for everyting to free it, NO WAY. It would move and even come up a little, but thats it. Doing that I cooked the brushes in the windlass, and bend a small gear. I ended up cutting the anchor line. and hauling the boat away the next day.

This year I put a small ring in the heel of the "new" anchor and I'm gonna attach a line with a float, (this is for the times I'm anchoring in deeper water), when its time to leave I drive to the float, make sure the anchor is free and let the windlass do the rest..This year I also added a cam cleat, to make anchoring easier, I will post a pic when its done.

My buddy uses the ball and ring, and it does work, but I think he still has lost an anchor.

04-19-2004, 12:42 PM	#9
Van zoom iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Quincy Posts: 4,145	Fish-on, sure... Length ~20' 10" Beam 8'4" I don't know the weight. I had an oceanrunner 150 (carburated) on it when it was new, that engine was a POC..,.so I got a great deal to switch to the rude in 2000' and went up to the 175. with the old engine the boat would do only do about 30mph, and would list to one side, I feel it was underpowered, but that was the stock engine in the package. With the same prop, and the new engine, the boat performes amazingly better, and I gets the speed I mentioned. It is still fast enough, its not like I'm trying to race anyone, but I want to see what I'll get with the higher pitch, i still have plenty of RPM to play with, as of now it spins about 5600. The new prop might drop that down 200-300, so I am still OK. I can always put the old prop back on. The windlass is because I blew my back out few years back (had surgery) and I have no desire to pull an anchor rope again. We have tossed around many posts about anchoring on this board, lots of good input from other boaters. (you can do a search and see the other posts)... At the end of last season, I hooked into something really BIG, I tried for everyting to free it, NO WAY. It would move and even come up a little, but thats it. Doing that I cooked the brushes in the windlass, and bend a small gear. I ended up cutting the anchor line. and hauling the boat away the next day. This year I put a small ring in the heel of the "new" anchor and I'm gonna attach a line with a float, (this is for the times I'm anchoring in deeper water), when its time to leave I drive to the float, make sure the anchor is free and let the windlass do the rest..This year I also added a cam cleat, to make anchoring easier, I will post a pic when its done. My buddy uses the ball and ring, and it does work, but I think he still has lost an anchor.
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