TCG boats & hoes discussion

[Yaj Yak]

also, i don't think you can compare the 2200 I/O horsepowers to 2200 outboard horsepowers. i think the outboards are going to be at the prop and i believe the i/o engines are rated at the crank....

furthermore, one outdrive handling 1100 hp is going to be robbing a lot more powers than the drivetrain handling 400.

 

[1quick]

Everything should be rated at the prop they started doing that in the 90’s but yes 1100’s need full rebuilds around 200 hours, 30-50k would probably cover a full refresh, not sure on the dohc top ends but normally everything from hp500’s up with conventional heads needs a top end job every 200-250 hours due to high spring rates and aggressive cam profiles, 400 verados should last 1500-2000 hours, personally if looking at 1100’s I’d go 1350/1550 since it’s the same motor and weigh

 

[Yaj Yak]

fwiw- velocity 290SC running:

104 mph with twin 400r's

Velocity 290 SC Tops 104 MPH On Mercury Racing 400R Outboard Power

In a testing session earlier this week at Lake X, Mercury Marine’s fabled facility in St. Cloud, Fla., a Velocity Powerboats 290 Sport Cruiser powered by twin Mercury Racing 400R outboard engines with 28-inch-pitch Mercury Max 5 propellers reached 104.1 mph. According to Velocity company […]

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87.4 mph with single MV-10 625:

VELOCITY 290 SC By Eric Colby - Poker Runs America

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in 2016 quote to rebuild 1100 is 50k per motor this says...

Mercury Racing Refresh Costs - Offshoreonly.com

Restorations & Upgrades - Mercury Racing Refresh Costs - I am interested in the cost of maintenance for 1100s. QC4v Refresh & Maintenance Interval Schedule Model Max Hours Refresh Maintenance Intervals 1100 200 25/75^ 25 What is the cost of 75 hour maintenance intervals? What is the 200 complete...

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[1quick]

Seeing the mti 37’s running 130+ with only a pair of 450’s while getting 3mpg at a 90mph cruise speed is all the proof I need that outboards perform better up to that point, now you want to clip off some 170mph pulls you need some big motors

 

[1quick]

450’s are also only 50-60k a 1350 is 180k with drive

 

[Yaj Yak]

Mercury says 1720 lbs for the 1100 total. I’m going out on a limb but 2 1100’s is going to be faster than 4 400’s.

Fuel economy is an afterthought because if you can afford a couple hundred grand in motors you’ve got the coin to be burning the gas.

i think it's not primarily the cost for fuel economy but rather the weight savings and range advantages.

a boat able to go 150 miles at 90 mph on 50 gallons of fuel is game changing like 1quick just posted.

twin 1100 boat likely getting .5 mpg if that at that speed... so now we're at 300 gallons of fuel to go as far as the other boat did on 50.

300* 6 = 1800lbs

50* 6 = 300lbs

 

[Yaj Yak]

and i mean at that point, the cost isn't insignificant either.

be like $1800 vs $300 lol

 

[jason05gt]

Rich people problems lol. We can dream!

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

 

[Yaj Yak]

sir, the bill for your oil changes is $1200 thank you.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

sir, the bill for your oil changes is $1200 thank you.

At least

 

[Yaj Yak]

At least

two hundo per engine seems what id guess i dunnno.

 

[jason05gt]

Yaj Yak
Fall boating…

 

[Yaj Yak]

Yaj Yak
Fall boating…

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BEST BOATING

 

[Yaj Yak]

Outboard Rotax!

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[Yaj Yak]

they're fucking cool looking

 

[Yaj Yak]

Style and Substance

Hartman Yachts and the stunning Livingstone 24.

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gooodlord

 

[Yaj Yak]

some pics from lake cumberland this weekend- winter levels and i think it's even low for winter level.

feb 2019 it hit 756 feet.

 

[Yaj Yak]

also, i tried to capture how hilariously angled the parking lot is so i tried to be level wwith the shoreline in this pic...

 

[frank]

Friend of ours here picked up a new boat a 42’ regal, it was located on the east coast of Florida in Stuart, they boated back to the west coast using the Okeechobee water way, took them a few days as they made stops along the way and did some sight seeing, they said it was a cool trip and having the boat they did helped a lot as the cabin has air conditioning, good accommodations and just all around comfortable.

This the route they took from this website,

The Okeechobee Waterway: From the Atlantic to the Gulf

The Okeechobee Waterway stretches 154 miles from near Stuart, Florida to the Gulf of Mexico at Fort Myers. The trip takes you through old Florida.

www.florida-backroads-travel.com

 

[Yaj Yak]

Friend of ours here picked up a new boat a 42’ regal, it was located on the east coast of Florida in Stuart, they boated back to the west coast using the Okeechobee water way, took them a few days as they made stops along the way and did some sight seeing, they said it was a cool trip and having the boat they did helped a lot as the cabin has air conditioning, good accommodations and just all around comfortable.

This the route they took from this website,

The Okeechobee Waterway: From the Atlantic to the Gulf

The Okeechobee Waterway stretches 154 miles from near Stuart, Florida to the Gulf of Mexico at Fort Myers. The trip takes you through old Florida.

www.florida-backroads-travel.com

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thats a fucking intense rig.

some wakeboarders a few years back, boated that okeechobeeee in wakeboard boats camping along the way and wakeboarding along the way.

Okeechobee Runnin' - A Wake Trip Across Florida | Wakeboarding Mag

Okeechobee Runnin' follows wakeboarders Parks Bonifay and Steel Lafferty, and wakeskaters Brian Grubb and Jake Ramsdell, as they make the trek across the state of Florida via the Okeechobee Canal in two wakeboard boats. The four-day journey covered over 150 miles and allowed each of the guys a...

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[Blood on Blood]

They got just a little wet

 

[1quick]

Yaj Yak this thing is sick

 

[Yaj Yak]

hellllya

 

[Yaj Yak]

back to outboard talk... talk of this model cat running 130mph with "just" 600hp.

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