I went with a big group of friends to the St. John's River! Rented the U that is Haul and towed the boat to the St. John's River. Total cost of the pickup truck rental (F150) with gas ran $50.
The little 3.0 ran better then I thought it would in real waters. Could use a little more prop as my cruise RPM was around 3500 but all day on the river I used less then 1/4 tank of gas. Redline RPM's are still a tad high (4900) with the factory sized 21p. Next time I hit the river I'll try a 23 pitch prop. Boat ran flawless, new gauges looked great. I guessed on the trailer setup since I never used my new trailer before, and I got the bunks set perfect. No winch bending.
Only got sprinkled on late in the day. Everyone left and we were not ready to go home so we hit Lake Monroe for some open water fun. By the time we were on the other side of the lake the evening storms started popping up. The lake is so big that we were able to go around them.
Oh, and 50% of the boats must have been Four Winns on the river. Wowwww! I know we don't have a dealer in Orlando anymore but when we did, they sure did sell.
Now i really can't wait to get a 205 Sundowner. I was using the Navionic's Iphone app. It's okay but quite slow on the GPS location updating even on a 4s. If I make a habit of going to the river I'll install a Garmin 441. They're cheap now a days.
300hp highly modified ski. GPS's 85+
My buddy's correct craft 2001 model. Ran perfect but he was having a rough day on the river with that thing, it's not river traffic/wave friendly. They were getting soaked.
