Ok Mikey, here is what I did. First time on the water, needles where off so brought it back in and adjusted. Threw it back out and try to run a time. Just was not handling very well. I kind of guessed on the strut and turn fin locations because there was no room on the work bench at home to do the setup. In it came and we passed on the rest of our time. So back to the pits and raised the strut a 1/4, pushed the pipe in 3/4" and tweaked the fin. Next turn round, threw it in and ran a 27.81. New record. This was with the 6717/3. So now the record was in the bag, tried a few other props. 7016 was too much. Then went with a 6520/3 that Brian Buaas suggested. Bingo. Ran a 27.31. It bogged coming out of the left turn on the second lap and could of turned the right turn better as well. I was thinking we could shave another .5 sec off of the 27.31. So for the rest of the afternoon, the duck where out in force. I had to hurd them out of the way and drive around them. I can not turn left at all at full speed and blew it off 4 times in multiply attempts avoiding ducks. Finally said that was it and put it away. I got tired of rowing. The boat needs 3 changes that I will work on. More weight in the left. I have 14oz in it so far. Also I think I will work on a gifferent version of my new Tboat fin. I believe it needs more rake in the leading edge. It has been run on 3 different boats with the same results. Also go to try and set up the rudder some so it does not effect the boat as much in left trim. I think the pipe ended up being at 11.75 or so when we where done.
Now for the biggest secrect of all. Boat was designed by my good friend Russ Nachtweih. The boat runs awesome down the shute and in the corners. Like it is on rails. Without the ride of the boat it would of not been possible. Thanks Russ. Cant wait till the fall 2 laps to come so we can push the boat more. Should have a good handle of it by that time.
Mike
