New Member, new boat, few questions
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:52 am
First post.
Picking up my first Pontoon on Thursday. It's a 2012 Harris 250SL Tri-toon with lifting stakes and Mercury Verado 150 on the back. I test drove this weekend on the river and the current owner mentioned a top speed of around 30 mph and that was all I could get out of her. I drove another 24' foot dual toon with the same engine that got 30 and understanding is that with the 3rd toon and the lifting stakes this boat should be a little faster than 30.
I looked at the motor and it's mounted on the 2nd from the bottom hole with a 14 prop (seems high to me but need to check when running). WOT was around 6k on the rpm so I don't think it's a prop issue. I was able to trim up without issue and we only had 3 people on board, bimini down, and 1/2 tank of gas.
If 30 is all I get I am fine with that, just other similar sized boats with that motor reported closer to 36/37. Maybe that is all this boat will do, just looking for advice on where to start looking once I get the boat back on the water.
My second question (coming from drive on v-hull trailers) is the boat seems finiky to get back on the trailer straight. It's a float on trailer from Hoosier. Even with about 6-8 feet of the boards out the water, it takes multiple attempts to get the back end over the boards correctly. My V-Hulls just took a gentle nudge and sat down fine on the boards, any advice on trailer positioning or external guides is appreciated so I don't speed extra time at the ramp.
Picking up my first Pontoon on Thursday. It's a 2012 Harris 250SL Tri-toon with lifting stakes and Mercury Verado 150 on the back. I test drove this weekend on the river and the current owner mentioned a top speed of around 30 mph and that was all I could get out of her. I drove another 24' foot dual toon with the same engine that got 30 and understanding is that with the 3rd toon and the lifting stakes this boat should be a little faster than 30.
I looked at the motor and it's mounted on the 2nd from the bottom hole with a 14 prop (seems high to me but need to check when running). WOT was around 6k on the rpm so I don't think it's a prop issue. I was able to trim up without issue and we only had 3 people on board, bimini down, and 1/2 tank of gas.
If 30 is all I get I am fine with that, just other similar sized boats with that motor reported closer to 36/37. Maybe that is all this boat will do, just looking for advice on where to start looking once I get the boat back on the water.
My second question (coming from drive on v-hull trailers) is the boat seems finiky to get back on the trailer straight. It's a float on trailer from Hoosier. Even with about 6-8 feet of the boards out the water, it takes multiple attempts to get the back end over the boards correctly. My V-Hulls just took a gentle nudge and sat down fine on the boards, any advice on trailer positioning or external guides is appreciated so I don't speed extra time at the ramp.