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| Repower Articles |
| Tunanator - A beautiful 60' Elliott that
just needed to go a little faster |
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| All done except for the launch and much
awaited seatrial. With 2:1 gears, 2 1/2" shafts, 1370 HP and
32x 28" wheels, we were looking for a 15K+ cruise fully loaded for
bear, and a 18-20K top end on this 90,000 lb, 30+ year old plywood boat.
Along with that, the owned literally demanded that this boat be quiet and
smooth like no other in this size/HP range... Did we do it???.... Well, Randy
and I are still the best of friends, and he's still buying more "gingerbread"
for the boat. To me, that says it all.. |
As for performance and what our goals
were, after a few typical sea trial glitches and some prop tuning, the boat
now cruised fully loaded at not less than 3 knots above the old top-speed
of 13 knots, and was substantially quieter, smoother, and noticeably more
economical at the lower speeds below 10 knots. The job turned out to be
more complex and expensive than we anticipated but many other upgrades to
the boat were undertaken during the repower. The boat has now been fishing
hard for over a year and the new powertrain has proven to be 110%.
The QSM's have performed flawlessly (over 700 hours at this writing) and
are the cleanest running diesels I have yet to experience. And as an added
plus for this boat, Randy was able to hook up with a great full time Captain,
"Dan Block", who has proven to be a wonderful compliment to the
on-going operation of this vessel. |
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