24.7 KNOTS

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I got up to 24.7 knots coming in the harbor and there was still more.

We fished around 10 miles out of the harbor yesterday. Going out was slow for such a flat looking day. We averaged around 7 knots due to the close wind slop. Coming in we averaged around 12 to 14 knots and surfed alot of swell. I turned it up when I got into the harbor, just curious to see what it would do.

At top speed motors were roaring, bottom was echoing every little wind ripple we hit and felt like we were doing 90 from all the sensory inputs.

I am happy with my little boat that could! The boat is an angler with dual honda 50's with solas 4 blade props running around 5600 rpm and 3 pob and lots of fishing gear.

Fishing report not to many bottom fish mostly cab's and a few snapper. Last weekend we had a full fish box with just about every harvestable fish we could take in the box. EXCEPT salmon.

I know some of you are hitting 30 mph but I think duals cuts back top speed around 30%. In my younger years I would have been yawning with this but today I am very satisfied with my little boat. Most the time I am boating on the pond where you do not get to open it up, and that is where this boat really shines. Great little coastal fishing boat with good manners and economy.

Thanks Les at EQ and you c-brats for helping me choose the right boat.
 
sea ya,
if i'm not mistaken, i believe on several occasions, we got close to 30mph, flat water, light winds, with our twin 40hp honda's. we're more like trawler type boaters, but once in a while enjoyed opening it up, never went beyond 5000rpm's, just didn't feel comfortable doing that to the engines.
sounds like a perfect fit for ya! good deal!
pat
 
With twin 45s my top speed is 32 mph with a light load. With a heavy load, it is 28. I don't really comfortable going any faster than about 25mph anyways in the boat, so 32 is hauling butt.....
 
When my 22' Classic was brand new with a 115 hp Johnson for power I took it to Big Lake to see how it handled. That was the 1st splash with that boat. The boat was totally empty except for me and can of gas.
I was cruising along at 1/2 throttle and decided to put pedal to metal. The water had a very small chop on it and when it reached 35 mph. the boat was really vibrating. All was great, I was just enjoying the hell out of it all when...........the torque of the prop overcame the stability of the boat and it instantly rolled on it's side at 35 mph. I pulled the throttle back and it instantly righted itself. A repeat resulted in the same thing. As my a-- was severely grasping at the seat bottom I decided that was enough. I never opened that motor up again in 14 yrs. of running.
A good learning experience.

FYI.....my son just made a 71 mile run with that boat and burned 13 gals. of gas. (90 hp Honda) . Not bad.
 
With the twin 40 Yami's we do top speed of about 20-22 knots, at 5200 WOT. Props are ProPulse. Not fast, but sure footed.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
When we had our cd-22 cruiser with a 90 hp Suzuki (06) lightly loaded we hit 36 mph that had a 14/18 pitch prop But in fairness the old suzi 90 was really a 100hp or more . Mike on Pappion with a 115 hp suzi can get his to over 36-37mph .

Now with a CC-23 (lightly loaded)with a f-115 Yami our top speed is about 32mph with a 13/15 pitch .
 
24.7 KNOTS = 28.42 MPH

I still had more but I ran out of room. Sounds like I am on par speed wise. It was a rare moment when I opened it up and the harbor to the inner jetty still has some swell and wind effect from outside.

I love my little boat. Thanks for the heads up Jack on too much speed. I have turned a race boat so hard that my passenger was looking down at me. It could handle it but I am not interested anymore. I like the sure footed handling I get when running into them at slow speed. Some the the swells had no back on them and even at trolling speed I would bang. It really feels like the boat is on a plane a 7 knots and handles the junk so well. Then when we came in I opened it up to 12 to 14 knots and just rode swells the whole way back. I would get near the top and just hang with it. 3 - 400 yards rides were the norm and then on the back I would throttle down and wait for the next one to ride. I was careful not to drop into them, just stayed at the top and ohhhh how fun.

My name tuberider comes from surfing my whole life. Still am, just a different board. Real name is Jeff. Sea ya is just a friendly wave. And what a great group of folks here at c-brats.
 
I was wondering how a C22 Cruiser was with very light hp . I have seen people have as small as a 50 hp on one, but wondered if that was enough. I know the top speed is off, but is the smaller engine working too hard for 10kts.. engine life reduced for this load?

Wannabe CDory
 
Most of the time we run with one 50 - works great at trawler speeds but will lug over trawler speeds. With one 50 moving at 5 MPH we burn .6 gallons an hour.
 
dmhobbes":3npyxw0h said:
I was wondering how a C22 Cruiser was with very light hp . I have seen people have as small as a 50 hp on one, but wondered if that was enough. I know the top speed is off, but is the smaller engine working too hard for 10kts.. engine life reduced for this load?

Wannabe CDory
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Wannabe

The CD 22 Cruiser (and Angler, and CD-19) have a displacement/ hull speed of about 6-7 knots. Any motor of 10 hp and up will achieve this speed without working too hard.

To get from that speed to planning speed, you'll need at least 50 hp, but the 50-60 hp motors will work very hard to get on and stay on plane, and will be very sensitive to weight loading, working even harder loaded up, and worked too hard, really. And at higher elevations, you'd really be underpowered!

70-75 hp begins the comfortable working hp range for these boats. The 22 was designed for a 70 hp 2-strike motor, which weighed around 250-260 lbs, and therefore worked well. Modern 4-strokes weigh about 370-400+ lbs, and work adequately, and having even a few more hp to compensate for the motor's weight is nice!

90 hp gives you some extra load-carrying capacity, and includes some reserve capacity if you're going up to elevations where developed hp drops off due to oxygen starvation.

100-115 hp provides more than enough reserve power for any eventuality, and is so much thrust at lighter loads that it produces a scary ride, especially in chop, and also because of chine riding/walking.

Another consequence of going underpowered, is low resale value. Not everyone (or most) want(s) an underpowered boat!

Hope this answers some of your questions! (And is JMHO).

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
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