What speed does your outboard make?

[1800amix]

I now it's relative to what you have it attached to so...

What sort of cruising speeds are you getting out of your boat?

Boat type | Outboard HP

[Leighton]

4.55 SeaJay decked out, 50 HP 4 Stroke Yammie

WOT 55km/hr

Cruise on 35-40Kkm/hr

Top speed does not change with either 1 or 2 POB

[mangrove jack]

40 yamaha 4str on a 420 quintrex dory, 50km/h wot. cruise 35-40km/h

[noname]

12 foot tinnie, 350 hp v8 yammie , and 1000 kmh lmao. i don't cruise it, it's flat out or nothin.

[fishingnut]

420 bermuda ventura, 40 yammy 46kph wot, cruise at 40

[dhess]

stessl bluewater 550 5.6m mercury 90hp 2 stroke 56kph at WOT.

[faulked]

14 ft quintrex 54lb watersnake 2.8 mph

15ft nautiglass 85hp merc 36knotts 20 knotts cruise

10ft canoe 2hp yamaha if i leen right she planes at i guess 8/10 mph

[Lozzel]

Who cares so long as I dont have to row. :laugh: :laugh:

[Feral]

4.9m Tinnie

With 65lb electric on front and 55lb on rear 6.5kph

With 3.5hp outboard on back 8kph

[mick fillet]

7.2mtr pro fish tinnie 275hp verado

17 pitch prop-wot 80km heaps of tourqe good for off shore

21 pitch prop-115km dont like it the boat chine walks

[ellicat]

mick fillet wrote:

7.2mtr pro fish tinnie 275hp verado

17 pitch prop-wot 80km heaps of tourqe good for off shore

21 pitch prop-115km dont like it the boat chine walks

You win ! :woohoo: :laugh:

4.2 Savage runabout

40HP 2stroke Force

Absolutely still ...i.e. 0 kmh :laugh:

That's in the garage where it lives more often than not.

When on the water it clings around 50kmh WOT

plus or minus a few depending on the prevailing conditions and load.

[flexo]

5m blue fin cobia 60merc 4stroke 37mph wot

[Bluevien]

4.2 Blue Fin runabout pushed by a 4 str 40HP Merc.

Clocked at 53km WOT in perfect conditions, 2 POB and little gear.

[jeff f]

4.1 fiberglass trihull 30 hp yamy

40k full noise

32k cruising

[Master Sardines]

4.45 tinny with a 60 4stroke, dangerous :S

[noname]

mick fillet wrote:

7.2mtr pro fish tinnie 275hp verado

17 pitch prop-wot 80km heaps of tourqe good for off shore

21 pitch prop-115km dont like it the boat chine walks

:laugh:

[bootyinblue]

Master Sardines wrote:

4.45 tinny with a 60 4stroke, dangerous :S

Its only as dangerous as the nut behind the wheel, and in your case Sards...... VERY :woohoo: !!

Still fricken jealous of you living the dream over there, but be warned your place may soon fall into my beat patrol

Will have to have a fish again someday soon.

[jameshallam]

quintrex dart 3.75 m 25 yamaha 46 kph flat out

[AZZA]

220hp mercruiser with alpha one leg on 650 sea leagend wot 70ks plus cruise at 45kph at 30 l per hour

[rumrunner]

17ft halfcab coxcraft 5.2mtr

115hp 03 mariner/mercury longshaft with 5" jacking plate

runns at 70kph with a 19p prop

same boat rann 100kph with the old 88 mod 150hp merc and a 21p prop

[tomca]

10ft glass kevlacat

9.9merc.

loaded with fishing gear and livewell, 15.6mph on the GPS

[Yellow Peril]

V146C haines 14' half cab, Merc 60 4st:

WOT 6000 rpm 32 knots 60 kmph

cruise 4200 rpm 20 knots 37 kmph

3 km/l fuel average running.

[mick fillet]

Yellow Peril wrote:

V146C haines 14' half cab, Merc 60 4st:

WOT 6000 rpm 32 knots 60 kmph

cruise 4200 rpm 20 knots 37 kmph

3 km/l fuel average running.

the merc 4 strokers are bloody good on fuel ay.

[Davo_Dinkum]

12 foot tinny ,3.5 evinrude .

around 10 km i worked out .

2 people and camping ,fishing gear and 50 esky.

the 3.5 on the canoe ,scary

the 54 lb water snake ,good on the canoe ,slow on the tinny but still ok.

[wesfish]

3.99 tinny with 25 yammy long shaft 2 banger, fast enough to make me cry on the chilly mornings :silly:

top speed of 55kph with just the driver.

[fergie]

12ft tinnie with 15hp evinrude, on my own with fishing gear, top speed, 35km.

before the 15hp, had a 25hp evinrude, not sure how fast but i couldn't hold it flat for too long, the tinnie would bounce across the water,very hard to control, but you could get anywhere quick :laugh:

[dassa]

4.2 quinn with 30 hp suzuki tops out 46kph on gps but only crusieat about 35kph but depends on how gear and people

cheers dassa