spring testing

[drbyrne55]

The lake is a little small, so we really couldn't see much for the 82-83 top end in the too-hott-sue that Troy is seeing. But let me tell you this, we sure got to 79 in a hurry but just ran out of lake!

And then back to Yamato testing and a few tweaks which resulted in improved performance. The design pumped well. One more tweak for Friday Lawrence testing then she may be ready! I am just a bit nervous as Sean has "History" on the back stretch

[blueskyracer]

Looks like the water was really rough

Sean, the boat still needs some color. I bet Daren would add a little red.

[Dave M]

83 mph ?

Sounds like a good DMOD speed. Should be able to kick the Merc DSH's pretty easy with that speed.

I know a couple Merc DSH around here can see 85MPH in their rig, but not many. A decent DMH will run 82 - 85 MPH. A real screamer will run 86 - 88.

[drbyrne55]

Looks like the water was really rough

Sean, the boat still needs some color. I bet Daren would add a little red.

Yes, water conditions weren't ideal. We look forward to a little lumpiness at Lawrence.

[mercguy]

Looks like the water was really rough

Sean, the boat still needs some color. I bet Daren would add a little red.

apparently BLUE is a faster color!

[drbyrne55]

apparently BLUE is a faster color!

I was thinking "elnaturale"

[mercguy]

ok now.........

The lake is a little small, so we really couldn't see much for the 82-83 top end in the too-hott-sue that Troy is seeing. But let me tell you this, we sure got to 79 in a hurry but just ran out of lake!

we had plenty of lake space today for testing....so tell the REAL speeds!! I am truly scared now......as I think everyone should be!!

gotta luv D testing............Tohatsu or Merc........no Yamatos today!!!!

[drbyrne55]

Yes, beautiful day for CSH testing again. Fortunately we had two fishing boats out to break the glass. Good day

[Trihedral_1]

Saturday was a beautiful day. Unfortunately, about 40 fishermen & some ambitious wakeboarders thought the same thing. All we learned for the 305 was that the motor still runs and the boat still floats, and I need to tighten up the lower unit nut (worth it to catch that before Lawrence).
I must say though, it was nice to see a guy out on a real waterski for a change.

Jimi O. (305-R)

[DebStoner]

Oh you guys are rattling my cage!!!!

[guedo499]

Two boats, two different days! Took the OSY out to make sure it float and ran, yet also found a MPH over the winter! Looks like the changes helped!

[mercguy]

Two boats, two different days! Took the OSY out to make sure it float and ran, yet also found a MPH over the winter! Looks like the changes helped!

so it is........

[Tim Weber]

Hmm, 73.9mph, my truck barely goes that fast.

We went testing this past Saturday too. My team had wrotten luck. We cracked a propeller, luckily not a really good one and had a bearing seize on the lower crank journal in our 102 while testing the hydro.

Oh well, it's already off to TJ for some tlc.

Tim