Re: Newbie here
Posted: March 30th, 2017, 8:10 pm
Ahoy and Welcome! Since your retired! Take your time and look at several different Carver models. I'm sure you find one to your liking! Hope you enjoy! Mike
bud37 wrote:Qr BbpostRGrew176 wrote:Qr Bbpost I was reading somewhere online last week that running a planeing hull boat at slow hull speeds is hard on the transmission. It may only be a coincidence but last season I made a hull speed run from my home port to Middle Bass Island. It was about a 4 hour trip. It was economical fuel usage wise. It was the next day when my port side transmission clutches fused. Fortunately it was stuck in forward so I could use the port engine travelling forward.
I wonder if running that slow could have caused my problem.
Rick, I honestly don't think so, lots of us run that way for years on and off...how would anyone do the loop ( canals ) if that was true......there is a formula for calculating your particular hull speed.
I agree with you. Reading something online does not mean that its true. Lets face it there are many places where you have to run at no wake speeds which is basically idle speeds.