New jewelry for the Yams...

[gw204]

15.25 x 19 Mercury Mirage Plus wheels picked up off of Ebay for under $300. They need a little cleaning/shining, but they I'm expecting them to be a big improvement over the 14 x 19 Yamaha wheels that are on the boat now.

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I'll post speed numbers before the swap, after the swap and yet again after I raise the engines 2 notches.

 

[Megabyte]

Those things will polish up just fine. Just find your local sandy bottom and proceed slowly.

My prop generally gets polished while fishing topwater in the shallows. 8)

 

[B-Faithful]

Just another Yamaha owner putting Merc parts on for better performance

 

[gw204]

Got the new props on today. Didn't have a chance to water test yet though. That will happen this Friday.


Old 14 x 19 Yamaha wheels.

Old Yamaha vs. new Mirage Plus. Quite a difference.

New 15.25 x 19 Mirage Plus wheels.

I also had the engines raised 2 holes on Friday. Between that and these new props, I can't wait to see what she does now.

 

[B-Faithful]

I cannot wait to see what fish she raises??? 8)

 

[B-Faithful]

Ok, they didnt raise bubba but Brian's boat performed very well with the props. I think he topped out over 48mph without them being trimmed all the way up and a heavy load. They were loafing at around 3300-3400 at 24 knots burning ~16gph combined. I think at 3900 he was rolling over 28knots :shock: The props gave a lot bite compared to his original props as we had to sludge through some heavy chop (chop was so high we even took a wave over the bow of GW Sailfish :shock: ). Glad to have been on a Grady in a "weather advisory". 8)

 

[Outta Here]

xx

 

[B-Faithful]

I will say that the Yam's are pretty quiet and for just a pair of EFI 2 stokes they trolled at idle well but I dont think I would trade my Opti for one 8) Brian has himself a heck of rig though

 

[Megabyte]

Those OX66's may be considered 'old school' by some, but my 225 has been rock solid for the past couple of years.

She had some issues when I bought her due to 'deferred maintenance', but once the maintenance was updated... she has been 100% reliable ever since. :wink:

Glad to hear that you guys made it out. I had quite a shock at the turn in the weather when I returned to the States. :shock:
I had to break out the long pants today.

 

[B-Faithful]

Kev,

when it was drizzling, blowing 25 knots, and in the 40's, I was wishing I had a 3rd layer of pants let alone shorts. Welcome back :lol:

 

[gw204]

You didn't miss anything Kev. I think at some point every person on my boat commented on how we should have cancelled our plans and stayed home....except for Greg's kid.


Aside from the 25 kt winds, rain and cold Greg mentioned, we fought a bunch of 5'ers and crab pots in 60' of water...

I don't think I have ever been so happy to go to sleep. I wanna say that I was at the helm from about 5:30 to 4:30 with an hour break in there somewhere. Wheeling hard to port, then hard to starboard, watching the electronics, adjusting speed and dodging pots almost all day really wiped me out. I was literally falling asleep at the dinner table when I got home. Nothing like trying to eat pizza, dozing off and dreaming of crab pots all at the same time. My head hit the pillow at 8:30 and I didn't wake up until 7:30 the next morning.