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Boat - 2000 22I
350 Mag MPI
Velvet drive
Prop - Acme 911
13 x 10.5, .080 cup, 3 blade
Conditions - 5600ft elevation
82* F
Crew - 5 adults, 3 men~200lb ea., 2 women~ 125ea.
5 children~40-50lb ea.
WOT = 38mph @ 4800rpm w/ zero ballast
Prop felt very smooth. Holeshot was excellent. Speed holding was excellent. Launch w/ full ballast (~900lb) had zero cavitation. Boat held any speed at any AOA.
I did find something out. Loaded each side (~450lb) for surfing and had two men in back corner, one woman all the way up front and kids sprinkled about. Prop was slipping bad. We then filled both sides and placed the same crew arrangement for whichever side. Zero prop slip. I think the extreme list is causing air to get trapped by the large negative chines on this particular hull and with the flat bottom at the transom, the air ends up being directed to the prop. With opposite side weight, there is less list and the air being trapped is able to exit via the spray pockets. Obviously this boat was never designed to be surfed. It's just a giant slalom hull. It's not coping with the extra list well at all. The good news is that the wake was still really nice with both sides full. We had to bump the speed up to 12 in order to clean it up but, shape was still excellent, tons of push, respectably clean and I was able to recover from ~12ft back. We only did one quick run with this set up since the sun was already down so, I'll be doing some more testing in the coming weeks. I'm very happy so far.
I'm going to keep the 653 for a spare and for lower altitude. At 1000ft elevation its a much better choice.
Boat - 2000 22I
350 Mag MPI
Velvet drive
Prop - Acme 911
13 x 10.5, .080 cup, 3 blade
Conditions - 5600ft elevation
82* F
Crew - 5 adults, 3 men~200lb ea., 2 women~ 125ea.
5 children~40-50lb ea.
WOT = 38mph @ 4800rpm w/ zero ballast
Prop felt very smooth. Holeshot was excellent. Speed holding was excellent. Launch w/ full ballast (~900lb) had zero cavitation. Boat held any speed at any AOA.
I did find something out. Loaded each side (~450lb) for surfing and had two men in back corner, one woman all the way up front and kids sprinkled about. Prop was slipping bad. We then filled both sides and placed the same crew arrangement for whichever side. Zero prop slip. I think the extreme list is causing air to get trapped by the large negative chines on this particular hull and with the flat bottom at the transom, the air ends up being directed to the prop. With opposite side weight, there is less list and the air being trapped is able to exit via the spray pockets. Obviously this boat was never designed to be surfed. It's just a giant slalom hull. It's not coping with the extra list well at all. The good news is that the wake was still really nice with both sides full. We had to bump the speed up to 12 in order to clean it up but, shape was still excellent, tons of push, respectably clean and I was able to recover from ~12ft back. We only did one quick run with this set up since the sun was already down so, I'll be doing some more testing in the coming weeks. I'm very happy so far.
I'm going to keep the 653 for a spare and for lower altitude. At 1000ft elevation its a much better choice.
thinking about selling it and getting one that can do it all.. anyone want to buy a 99 tige 2100I ???
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