Originally Posted by
chetc
this is how it goes, after 3 times out with the new 9.9 mercury on my 14ft smokercraft boat model is the big fisherman, i added a front casting deck and it is carpeted, battery up front for trolling motor and battery in rear for elec start, with me any my wife in the boat and our gear i weight 205 and my wife around 130, i feel this is a sort of heavy boat, the first 2 times out i went by the rules not to run it too hard ect. yesterday i did crank it wide open, on smooth water with a little wind help me, the best i can get was maybe 9 or 10 mph coming back into a breeze maybe 6 mph, i do notice that the boat does not seem to increase speed over 1/2 throttle, the RPM's are not there, i guess i will have to get some sort of a tach...and take it from there or take a chance on a prop, but not sure where to start
chet