twistedtree
Guru
Just curious - why no interest in rebuilding the existing engines? How far gone are they?
A string of folks telling him what he wants is not what they want or would do is no help to anyone.
Oh but Rick, the more information the better. You never know he might change his mind. Powering to displacement speed makes sense, any thing more Unless you want to plane is senseless. On my semi-displacement hull I avoid speeds just above displacement speeds, the speed just where the bow starts to rise. As Ted mentioned above you are just pushing water. Perhaps the OP should go to a re-power specialist in his area and get some advise. I would be interested to hear what they say.
A fishing boat needs to do ten knots in reverse. It also has to have sufficient power to safely maneuver with 12000 lbs of water sloshing around in the cockpit. Take a look at this and then decide if 200 hp is enough;
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I would be willing to bet it would be far less expensive to rebuild these Detroits.Just curious - why no interest in rebuilding the existing engines? How far gone are they?