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28's in silver black silver belly, purple/black ,white belly. silver green, glow frog

a working tug boat is considered a vehicle that is restricted in its ability to maneuver, therefore the sailboats would have to give way. Rule 17 in the Nav rules.

Bugspray for Biting Flies. You can look it up on another post I believe by Chinook. Comes in a little spray bottle and is quite effective. Make sure you get the one labeled for Biting flies.

Have ordered a Mercury Tempest Plus 19P and will have a local StarCraft dealer move the engine down one hole. Spent a good deal of time with StarCraft dealer Vic's and he described the most popular set up they have for their delivered Fishmasters. What he suggested is pretty much in line with all of the suggestions posted here. Thanks to all.

Muzzy I agree with you. I need to try lowering the motor one hole as it is presently located in the 2nd hole from the top and there have been suggestions from the start that the symptoms are from a motor that is mounted too high. Once I lower I will test it again, and if need be try a different prop. I'm running a 14.25 17p right now. 5500 rpm 37.5 GPS speed. Thanks for your input. We will get it right eventually.

Thanks muskie magnet

Salmonite there were 2 less people on board Chas0218, I tend to agree with you. Skipper 19 had the suggestion to lower the motor as well . that will be next. I will post a pic of the hull to the cavitation plate relationship as a starting point.

Salmonite, my original post stated a performance of 5800 rpms and a speed of 32 mph. Differences between the two runs include 2 less people on board midship, a little more weight on the transom with the Honda kicker. Engine with ten more hours of operational time on it. Engine still mounted in second hole from top. I cannot explain the difference in rpm going from 5800 to 5500 or the 5 mph increase in speed. I never paid much attention to these differences in the past so I am not knowledgeable about loads, and pitch and rpms.

Would like to give all those that have helped an update on this post. Took the boat out on Cayuga on Saturday. full tank of gas, two people on board. 210 StarCraft Fishmaster Yamaha f 200. Reliance 14.25 17p prop. Honda kicker outboard mounted port side. Newly installed Trim tabs. Lenco 9X9. Performance. - 1 foot chop and into 12 mph North wind. Trimmed out at a top RPM of 5500 and a GPS speed of 37.5 mph. Listing to port as previously reported was easily adjusted with engagement of trim tabs. Overall quite happy with performance of trim tabs, worked exceptionally well. Would like to get to the reported mid to high forties in speed, perhaps with lower pitch prop to boost rpms. Any thoughts?

Well if you stand on your head you might get the picture of how mine is rigged. I will try again.

I just had a kicker rigged with a Panther steering bar that connected my main engine to the kicker at the front of both engines. If both engines are on the same area of the transom the front to front seems to work very well. If I can remember how to attach photos I will send you some.