20' tritoon with a 150hp

[cwag911]

Ours is 39/40 from gps and it's a 8 year old boat.

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I'm seeing 34-37mph from my Verado 150 with my 22 ft triple toon. Dual biminis, 50 gals of fuel, and a dirty hull might slow it down a tad. 55 hours on the engine. The hole shot is pretty impressive.

[fasttoons]

I still find it hard to believe most 150hp Triple toon owners are seeing GPS 40mph+. I can only hit ~40mph with a light load with a 200hp outboard hitting about 5600rpms. Now my motor only has about 6-7hrs on it so maybe it will pick up a bit more speed as it gets broken in but I keep hearing very optimistic mph numbers the more and more I read. I realize a lot of factors play into getting the best top speeds but im assuming most people are going off the speedometer not GPS.

Suggest you go to each motor mfg site(Mercury,Yamaha etc. and look at their performance tests.
Very few tritoons/pontoons hit 40mph with a 150hp.

[rdeterman]

I still find it hard to believe most 150hp Triple toon owners are seeing GPS 40mph+. I can only hit ~40mph with a light load with a 200hp outboard hitting about 5600rpms. Now my motor only has about 6-7hrs on it so maybe it will pick up a bit more speed as it gets broken in but I keep hearing very optimistic mph numbers the more and more I read. I realize a lot of factors play into getting the best top speeds but im assuming most people are going off the speedometer not GPS.

Suggest you go to each motor mfg site(Mercury,Yamaha etc. and look at their performance tests.
Very few tritoons/pontoons hit 40mph with a 150hp.

Thats what im saying.

[cwag911]

Suggest you go to each motor mfg site(Mercury,Yamaha etc. and look at their performance tests.
Very few tritoons/pontoons hit 40mph with a 150hp.

Mine does.

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Mine does

[Drago]

I work all around lake Conroe and speak with many customers about their pontoon boats. Many are telling me that their Bennington with center elliptical toon is doing near 50mph. I think that most are I/O setups. Our boat is longer and heavier than some of the 150hp toons here but has a 225 and runs about the same max speed. I like to tell folks our boat is a 40mph boat. Most of the time it is not depending on load. Joy tells everyone that it goes 45mph -- that's only on the boat speedo not gps. I'm not even sure the gps is calibrated - built in to Humminbird fishfinder.

[Rock]

Just got my new toon. Silverwave 210 LP with the performance package and Suzuki 115 SS. On the sea trial in gulf 39 MPH at 6000 RPM and engine can prop for 6300. I cannot believe how quick and stable this two toon is. After trading in a 30 foot cruiser this is a sports car. And not being a tritoon it sits on a single axle with a no brakes trailer. Got about 10 hours on it now and my hat is off to Silverwave.
Rock

[ToonGuy]

Sorry, but I call





If this toon truly does 39 MPH with a 115 and 2 logs they have the WORST marketing department in the biz!

[JeffS]

I'm with those on the fence about 40mph boats being pushed by 150's or under. With that said, it can be as much the driver as the motor and boat. A standard 2 pontoon boat - no way. A performance 2 pontoon boat, possibly on very rare occasion, a tri-toon...let me know the driver and I'll say whether I believe it or not. Cwag911 (for instance) - I know him to be exceptionally experienced and precise from his time on other forums. So I'd never say he doesn't hit the number. Which means it's possible. But I attribute that to the driver as much as the boat.

I have a very heavy 23' tritoon with a 200 poorly propped and I can only hit 42 on lightly loaded speed runs. But I can cruise at 20 - 22 all day long at 3800rpm. That's what the boat is built for. Nothing good happens on a pontoon boat at 40+ mph. You don't ski that fast, you don't tube that fast, no one barefoots behind a pontoon, you spill your drink, females just scream at me to slow down...and with no windscreen...my cheeks flap, my eyes water and I look generally very ridiculous. So I prefer 22.

[ron nh]

This post started with 150hp with 20' tri-toon. newer boat test by yami hits 40+ with MOST tri-toons under 23'. some older test from mercury do get to 40, I would bet you'll see the new test from merc consistently hitting 40. If you buy a new 20' tri-oon with a 150 w/ strakes and underskin you should hit 40mph. as stated earlier in this post playing with the set up should get you there. now some off the other #s here are sounding a little crazy but even some new twin tubes with the above set up are running faster than I thought possible. These motors are getting lighter and stronger pretty quick. 20'er 150hp 40mph its real!

[ToonGuy]

This post started with 150hp with 20' tri-toon. newer boat test by yami hits 40+ with MOST tri-toons under 23'. some older test from mercury do get to 40, I would bet you'll see the new test from merc consistently hitting 40. If you buy a new 20' tri-oon with a 150 w/ strakes and underskin you should hit 40mph. as stated earlier in this post playing with the set up should get you there. now some off the other #s here are sounding a little crazy but even some new twin tubes with the above set up are running faster than I thought possible. These motors are getting lighter and stronger pretty quick. 20'er 150hp 40mph its real!

This post started with a 20' Tritoon with a 150 claiming FORTY EIGHT mph. I think most of us are consistently impressed by the gains manufactures are getting every year, but we also believe there are still a few thresh holds that haven't yet been crossed. There will always be that one perfect set up that works a smig better than someone else's, and I've seen plenty of 150s on toons hit that magical 40mph mark. But I stand by my belief that 48mph out of any displacement hull with a 150 is best seen to be believed.

[ron nh]

Toonguy, your are correct, I think along the way people were doubting 40mph which now seems common.

[ToonGuy]

I agree

[clrd]

Not trying to compare boats just trying to stay on the subject. In this captains choice marine video they claim that this Bennington can do 46mph with a Yamaha 150.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPdaqh3G44