Real performance review: Rinker 280 with twin 4.3's and alpha gen 2 ss props
zaverin1
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95 rinker 280 fiesta vee
powered by Mercs.
anyway first season with the boat and can't really say anything bad besides making it my own little by little. Working out few bugs and fixing few things.
boat sat for over 3 weeks because of my newborn and I knew bottom would be dirty.
we had total of 8 people on the boat
uncluding gear and loaded cooler.
half tanks or maybe just little over. Onboard water full and waste was half filled.
anyway came out of the marina Barrie's the tabs and pushed the throttles. It took awhile but she eventually got on plane. I probably should of eased on the throttles lol.
i was crossing the lake and felt her get faster and Rpms going up. I knew bottom was being cleaned.
We got to the bar on the water had lunch and then went to our fav bay.
this time around I eased on the throttles and tabs and she jumped on plane.
same happened when leaving the bay and heading back to marina.
i am actually impressed that with 8 adults and all gear it performed well and when I approached the marina I was able to suck tabs in and hit 30mph at wot for few seconds.
i like the rinker way better then my single engine sea ray pig I had
powered by Mercs.
anyway first season with the boat and can't really say anything bad besides making it my own little by little. Working out few bugs and fixing few things.
boat sat for over 3 weeks because of my newborn and I knew bottom would be dirty.
we had total of 8 people on the boat
uncluding gear and loaded cooler.
half tanks or maybe just little over. Onboard water full and waste was half filled.
anyway came out of the marina Barrie's the tabs and pushed the throttles. It took awhile but she eventually got on plane. I probably should of eased on the throttles lol.
i was crossing the lake and felt her get faster and Rpms going up. I knew bottom was being cleaned.
We got to the bar on the water had lunch and then went to our fav bay.
this time around I eased on the throttles and tabs and she jumped on plane.
same happened when leaving the bay and heading back to marina.
i am actually impressed that with 8 adults and all gear it performed well and when I approached the marina I was able to suck tabs in and hit 30mph at wot for few seconds.
i like the rinker way better then my single engine sea ray pig I had
Comments
Good to hear she's performing well. I dont have paint either, but if you use the boaat it wont get too bad. I get out the goggles and scrub the bottom a bit, but this year hasnt been bad. I've used mine a ton though, like close to 70 hours right now.