SPEED TESTING MY DIY BASS BOAT!

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[@gavinlagos8369]

A good thing to do with an optimax motor is to let it idle after a long or hard run. Or even just a run in general. So when you get to your spot let it idle for a minute, it helps cool the engine down. That’s a common problem with those motors is over heating. Because when you turn off the motor after a long run the power head of the motor is still hot and when you turn it off there’s no more water going through the engine to cool it down and the power head heats up and gets real hot. If that makes any sense. Great video

[@lunkerhunter0665]

Man please turn the head of the trollin motor so cables are inside the boat! Love the build

[@bigd3475]

Should get mid 60s. Recommend installing a hotfoot so you can drive with two hands

[@tharris4718]

You were very excited as you should have been. Thanks for sharing the build. Posting your tournament recap and coverage along with the continued tweaks to the Stratos will continue your viewership.

[@nancyfuentes1148]

Video Suggestion: A walk through of your boat once you get to a few tournaments and dial in what you need on the boat, storage configuration of your gear, and overall walk through of your tournament organization of your boat has turned out and possible lessons learned.

[@davidwatts6478]

1) I would talk to a professional about straightening that skeg. If you break it off trying to straighten it, your only option may be to buy a lower unit. 2) You may also want to confirm the outboard is installed at the correct height for your hull if you are not going to install an adjustable jack plate. 3) After that , Mercury Marine has an online Propeller Selector available. But you will need the highest speed and RPM you can reach with the current propeller to utilize it. So make sure you have made the necessary corrections for 1 & 2 before a full speed test run. Directionally, If you have too much propeller pitch your engine may not reach full RPM. If you have too little pitch your boat may plain quicker, but you won' reach maximum speed. The propeller pitch on my Mercury propellers is on the side of the hub with the model number and will be followed by a "P".

[@user-vf7nu8lm8c]

He WILL break it if he tries to straighten it ( i have had many try to straighten it and come whining can I fix it till i quote the owner a new lower unit case )the guys who rebuild lower units actually break off the old skeg and weld a new one on so better he find a lower unit rebuilding company

[@brianstraubmusic3994]

That's the skeg and yeah that's gonna hurt the handling and speed

[@JonGunnerOutdoors]

Forsure get that skeg straight. That can totally effect handling and not in a good way. A small chip is fine but bent skeg can cause big issues with handling and saftey. As for the tone. You can try a new alarm and see if that is the issue. But sounds more like it is shorting out somewhere. Just with key on it should not be doing just a tone. Grounding issue is my bet. No expert but it would be a full tone of sorts. Good Luck..you are 95% there!

[@FishinWithEli]

That stratos hull is fast when it goes side to side at 50 that’s called chime walking so when the boat walks to the left you want to slightly turn your motor to the right and vise versa. Changing props will also increase performance so the higher pitch prop you go the faster you will go.

[@HenryYang-yq6cr]

I thought it was called the chine walk

[@corbinwadlow2044]

It is called “chine” walk. The sides of the boat where the bottom & side come together towards the transom is the “chine”, thus when you chine walk the boat is rocking right to left on the chines. Being able to steer out of chine walk takes time on the water & sometimes a set of brass balls.

[@Yanksfan]

Great job on the renovation I had the same boat new with 200 etec 55 was max w/o chiming

[@melvinrawlings1457]

More boat content. Buying them and seeing if they will run and fix them up. Just keep doing what u do best brother. And much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤

[@garthur6925]

My 08 stratos 294xl has a 2006 evinrude etec 200hp and i have hit 66mph. Great build, i want to do the same seadeck as you just in a different color. Love the videos

[@grantwis3538]

Hell yeah been waiting for this video for 2 years

[@anaveragesniper4846]

I HIGHLY suggest running a hot foot especially if you’re going to replace the throttle cables anyway. It will allow you to drive with both hands which is important when trying to drive through the chinewalk. It’s also another added safety feature.

[@Army_Outdoors_88N]

Awesome dude.. Glad to see it run Brother. Definitely get the skeg straightened. I would say for new content bro. Do some lake breakdowns and tips and tricks. You got a unique Ohio set of lakes to fish. Maybe do some exploring and camping 🏕

[@joewinkler2168]

If you don't trim it up all the way, the motor will be pulling too hard and trying to lift the back of the boat out of the water and shove the front of the boat down deaper into the water ,thats why it's not handling smoothly. Bent prop will cause vibrations in the lower unit causing water seals to start leaking and trash the lower unit. No worries on the skeg, ive seen guys on the river run them broke off for years and still running 70 and 75 mph. With no handling problems. It should run an easy 65. Them old merc's biggest problem was injectors cloging up and leaning out the motor and that's the end! Also not warming them up to temp before opening them up will cause pistons to start scoring the cylinder walls, also an early death, so when ya put the boat in, let it run and warm up wile you park your truck. Your buzzer alarm is telling you somthing, heed the warnings.

[@DewayneThornsbury]

That looseness you are feeling is most likely chine walking. The bent section on the lower unit is the skeg. It will affect performance at speed. You can most likely mostly straighten it yourself. You can also buy a replacement skeg repair part but I have only done that on smaller engines. A jack plate would be needed to get optimal performance. My guess for top speed trimmed all out on a nice smooth lake would be around 63-65. Nice job on restoring and fixing the boat!

[@darrenpritchett1516]

Those seats are nice. I have a 2005 Stratos got up 55

[@frankevega]

It's a skeg not a prop. But you can use a hammer and barely tap it back to place. I had to do the same thing on a few used boats. Remember just slowly tap it and be patient.

[@budman1789]

A 4 blade prop will settle down the chine walking and playing with the jack plate

[@QcConnection]

For the powerloss could it be the battery BMS if you have lithium? If your engine alternator is plugged directly to lithium battery it can trigger the BMS and damage your alt. Consider a DC DC charger.

[@brianjamison4272]

Dude turn ur trolling motor the opposite way so you cables don't hang off the side of the boat. Other than that nice build

[@seansanders789]

Is it only doing the beep before u start the motor and goes away after the motor is running? If so then it’s just telling u the key is turned to on position so u don’t get out and leave it that way and drain ur battery with everything turned on. Just like a car

[@mdbassin6267]

if it is alarming when you get on plane check the internal reservoir - it needs to be totally full

[@TheNorthwestWind]

is that WB?

[@jeffbrummette1622]

I think you’re need to go fishing for crappy! One of my favorite to eat!! Change your wiring harness and check fuses.

[@davessparetime83]

You need a hydraulic transom jack if want stable speed over 60mph. You could try raising the motor up a hole or two on the transom.

[@CarsonHornbuckle-mt3nz]

55 is a great speed I would recommend getting a hot foot and hydraulic jack plate but that is very expensive and isn’t a need, but a hot foot is a great investment though also I would love to see you fish some bigger tournaments

[@Hunter-kz6os]

My 19 foot 1987 stratos with a Yamaha 150 pro v 2 stroke will touch 55 and that’s with a cheap prop and stock manual jack plate. Your boat should be pushing 65 or 70 at 5000 to 5,500 rpms. Either your not trimmed up enough at max rpms, need to get a new prop or get a bigger jack plate that’s pushing the motor farther from the hull

[@scottolson331]

You should get 64 pretty easy your getting funky is chime walk. youl have that sometimes alot of time you will have that funky feeling at a certain speed if you have the balls it probably wont get worse with more speed it will get better. Not sure why but your bent skag has a lot to do with it. Hve fun dont be afraid to trim it and hammer down. took me about 100 trips to not be afraid of my bass boat

[@danielnicholson300]

The bent skeg definitely could cause the stability issue and hinder performance. Its catching water and dragging

[@danielnicholson300]

Also,thanks for the pop up mention on the console comment.

[@MrAcekoomboom]

I have the same boat with the efi 200hp and I can get 57mph with a 4 blade. You should see low 60s.

[@chadbooth4371]

I’d like to see more musky fishin!

[@jakeverstraete391]

Do a tackle and gear load out video.

[@rodfather_bass_fishing]

I made a detailed video on how to fix a bent skeg about 7 years ago... it's on my channel. It's on my Stratos too!

[@juliuswomack267]

It may help to fix the skeg ASAP or you're gonna have some chinewalk coming....also, do you wanna invest in a 8 inch hydraulic jackplate? It'll help with top end too when you do decide to finally open it up at WOT!

[@GS-bc5gx]

You should be able to get high 60s maybe low 70s, I’ve hit 78 with my 2008 200XL with a 225 Merc

[@BDitty009]

I’ve got a DVX 518 with a 200 Opti and I get around 70mph with a 27pitch. You should be in the 60’s with your boat a little bigger and heavier. I think you’ve got a bad ground on the alarm. It’s faint so not an actual alarm.

[@therealdeal7885]

The Highest trim position should be "negative trim" ( cavitation plate on motor should be parallel with pad of boat at your trim stopping point ( that's why trim gauges are a thing ) next if your not turning desired rpms at that trim setting your gonna want to check motor height and or prop size ( stock lower unit hinders getting motor to high due to loosing water pressure ) should have a little wiggle room without getting to "high " ,,

[@retflo2583]

BALLER !!!!!

[@HenryYang-yq6cr]

You should add power pole like only 1 or 2 it depends on you honestly

[@Dakotagrand10]

That boat should run well into the 60s possibly 70 I’m not sure but my 18’ G3 with a 150 Vmax will run 63-65 all out

[@tessaiga5523]

The skeg is a big issue of speed and handling at speed. My dad's got a big stratos like that with a 200 evenruide and that thing Flys at about 85mph so I figure you'd be close if not faster so something is definitely not right. Probably skeg and definitely the trim

[@stacenhartland9777]

Fix that skeg and trim that motor up and go. Congrats on finishing the build!

[@dirtybootsfishing2923]

Yeah i thought u ran it the rite way but hey my 200 merc on the 17ft Carolina did 80+ an yes that fin on yourlower unit will affect the drive on it if it leaves the water it will turn bad bro u can bend it back just dont bend to much cause it will break

[@mrh6201]

Basically plowing water doing 55….the water was hitting the boat in front of you. It’s got another 15mph probably. Trimming it up will give it lift and you will rpm’s go up. Rooster tail shouldn’t be above the engine. The rest is just wasted power.

[@trey4922]

Should run High 60s with ease. It’s all in the prop and the height of motor ..

[@MarkFields-by8qy]

Assuming thats a 25P Prop, the 200 Proxs should push that ride 64-66 all day long. Its gonna chine walk and that's just gonna require more seat time buddy.

[@codyduncan226]

Are you caecar creek lake?

[@chrisbarber1020]

Trim it up and the boat as they say gets hooked up steering will be easier and I bet at least 60 to 62 for sure

[@jeromehalljr1053]

Question, where did u get that Steering wheel. Or should I say what website ? I'd like to look into get one

[@TightlineTV]

Amazon!

[@Oakleyshooter]

rubber mallet will straighten it out just be easy

[@bradleyjones3140]

Need a tachometer, what were the rpms at WOT? Once you start trimming the rpms will go up. Should also have a water pressure gauge.

[@TightlineTV]

I have a water pressure gauge, tach is on the iPad to

[@Jayoutdoors1995]

Could be a water pump alarm

[@verndacks]

If the power loss at the console was when you started the motor, it could be as simple as you need to upgrade your battery, not sure what size you are running, but I would get power loss with my group 27 when I start the motor. Motor was pulling too much to support everything else. I switched to a Group 31 and never had the issue again when starting up.

[@TightlineTV]

I just bought it this month, it’s a brand new deep cycle starter battery. I think there may be too much hooked up to it with Garmin etc. might move the graphs to a separate lifePO4 for Battery I use for the live scope black box

[@texoma_outdoors]

The skeg needs to be repaired. Shooting a rooster tail isn't efficient, sprat should be level with the top of the cowling. What you experienced is chine walking and all boats do it. You need seat time and wouldn't hurt to find someone experienced to go with you a few times and coach you. I suspect low to mid 60s out of that boat

[@chrisruef9221]

You do need to get a new prop or take that existing one to a specialist..They're out there in your city.

[@frankmorris8625]

I have been in that boat many times. It chine walks at high speed! Always scares you a little bit!

[@OutdoorsForSupper]

Video Idea: try to catch a state record in Ohio!

[@Ld-zs1cs]

294 with a 200 is about a 72-75 mph boat when properly set up keep working it and you’ll get there

[@uhoh71]

It is a Mercury, so yea, best to play it safe. May spit a rod through the block. 😂

[@SneakerShow24]

Bro stop worrying about the comments and people roasting you 😂 haters gonna hate. You build a bass boat with your bare hands, these guys wish they could do that. Good video

[@TightlineTV]

👊🏻

[@ggw7948]

Check your engine height. Bent skeg was never a big deal on mine.

[@andrewjackson8401]

I have a ranger r81 sport with evinrude 150 i get to 66mph with it

[@Budgetfishing530]

O man I just did that with my wife it did not go well at Shasta here in California just make sure u have plenty of line and time to fix the backlash we finished 11th out of 12 boats ! She would not leave the pole in the water or get off her phone

[@guffeymanteca3467]

I always run mind about 55 you'd be amazed at how much gas you say

[@toolman5256]

You dancing in the front yard in a unicorn outfit😅

[@bassnbuckbillyb824]

Ya gotta drive through the lil chine walk to get the best out of it

[@albenoitoutdoors]

keep trimming til you start to lose speed. then trim down a bit. Should be a 65mph boat

[@mikethetoolman8776]

need to measure prop to pad and set to at 3.25 below. too low will cause chine walk like you are describing-- have jack plate? boat should do 70ish--my 20ss with 200 rude did 69-70 gps speed

[@TightlineTV]

No jack plate

[@mikethetoolman8776]

@@TightlineTV measure ptp and see where you are at you tube has prop to pad measurement videos.

[@CaseyRBLX]

upgrade the graphs on the boat like live scope and stuff yk and raptors and than take it to a tourament or just take it to a tourament and fish with me yk yk plssssss

[@TightlineTV]

It has live scope haha

[@yez3737]

He don’t want to fish with you your like 8 years old and play Roblox you def suck at fishing and his live scope doesn’t need to be upgraded

[@CaseyRBLX]

@@TightlineTVyou should still fish with me 😉

[@rickvann3489]

Don't ever buy power anchors, unless you live in Florida or fish nothing but shallow

[@CaseyRBLX]

@@rickvann3489 raptors are better

[@user-ih4gf5yj6c]

go to alabma to lake wheeler

[@arkadventures4371]

Pending on your prop you should easily reach 60+mph trimmed up

[@mdbassin6267]

hit the trim button and that boat will go mid 60s

[@bassneckfishing2505]

Change the alarm it’s probably faulty

[@rushbroussard5399]

You Need To Put A Powerpole On The Back Of Your Boat.

[@Ray56z]

Have your skeg fixed before ever lining that boat out. By fixed I'd have a pro handle it. Your buddy doesn't know about eyewear at speed in the open air?

[@kirkallen1246]

The boat looks great, unfortunately if you want a new video that will perform well your going to have to crash it.. Sorry in advance. Good luck! New Sub!

[@juliuswomack267]

Oh and please invest in a hotfoot. its a safer way to drive your stratos as it'll chine walk regardless. That trim on the steering wheel works?

[@TightlineTV]

Yes I just don’t use it much because I don’t have a hot foot

[@c.shoefish]

That's the skeg and that's super easy to fix...heat it up and clamp it in between two 2x4s and clamp with big c clamps... it'll straighten right out. Great job man... definitely upgrade that trolling motor though.

[@kevinhalloran9540]

55 is nothing for that boat, you need to adjust your jack plate & get the correct prop

[@jpfishing5307]

the next vid you have to take the wife and one of her friends on a chartered fishing trip you find the fish and they fish the winner gets dinner where ever they want loser has to jump in the water and swim around the boat

[@wesleywaldron3050]

That’s the skeg not the prop.

[@tranzformedyouthtn]

Your GARMIN will show your speed as well.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Boatstanzo

[@byronbrush9030]

You will get used to the chine...should run 65.

[@krose8860]

64 my guess

[@jeremyduncan9165]

55 mph is plenty fast. My boat will do 65/68 and never run it wide open.

[@HardmanOutdoors]

Probably low to mid 60's If you learn to drive through the chine walk

[@hut95]

Go fish a tournament in a 2 piece

[@bodekerlegand9768]

Swap over to a hot foot man. You won't look back

[@edwinwong8196]

You need to trim up

[@user-vf7nu8lm8c]

Watching you fix. Your boat is a Chinese fireman drills joke to me … I happen to be from a family that builds boats since 1976 and have worked on boat motors for 45 years as well as rig new boats … First let me say I don’t care what you say it’s a fact boats are money pits be it diy or you take it to the shop you will dump money in it you will NEVER recover even selling the boat … Second you put junk in your boat your boat is effectively junk too and the price is lowered .. I work in salt water boats I wire from the battery’s to the helm with 8 gauge wire to handle the power demands of fish finders communication radios and entertainment radios gps I usually rig between 18 feet long to 27 feet long boats … I use tinned wire in all my installations ( corrosion protection) I don’t rig cheap BUT I ALSO NEVER GET WARRANTY WORK RETURNS too if a crimped connection fails because I did not crimp it properly I fix it under my warranty but it’s a few minutes of my time and builds customer satisfaction and relations … aa nickel and dime diy is just a garbage job and therefore the boat is garbage( any asshole who says you must solder and shrink wrap wire connections be advised as a Honda Dealer I got a notification from Honda stating crimp connections are perfectly fine it’s been used in the Automotive industry as well as Aircraft Industry for decades and is FAA certified and those facts overcome any of your comments being we don’t see jets falling from the sky all the time from connectors that are not soldered and heat shrunk)