Not Reaching Top Speed

EasybeeEasybee Member Posts: 19 ✭
in General Boating Discussions
I owe a 2005 342 Riker Feasta-Vee with 2 Mercury 350 engines. I have changed fuel filters, spark plus in both engines and both trim taps. I'm getting 10 knots at full throttle. What are some causes that preventing the boat from getting maximum speed of 50 miles. Need help.   
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you change the cap and rotor?
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • kordokordo Member Posts: 242 ✭✭
    Is the bottom clean, in what condition are the props?
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What RPM were you able to attain at full throttle? 
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,747 mod
    I see you had similar complaints last year around this time.  Did you ever sort out the problems last season?  A 342 with 350s should get at least 30 kts, maybe 33 at WOT if everything's right.  Has it ever run like that since you've owned it?

    You said you had the hull cleaned last year. If you've ruled out problems with fuel/spark/air, could a past owner have installed the wrong propellers?  
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10 kts at full throttle?   Yikes.  

    Caps and rotors
    clean the spark arrestors
    Have you changed the gas/water seperators?  They look like an oil filter.   The fuel filters should be in-line and mounted on the firewall. 

    As noted above: a hull with growth will really drag bad. 

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • TickledPinkTickledPink Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    @Easybee did you ever get to the bottom of this problem? I have the same problem with my 2003 FV 250. 
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