I am lookking for information on the cruise and top end speed of a 1987 43 MY with 3208 Cats.
Thanks for any assistance
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I am lookking for information on the cruise and top end speed of a 1987 43 MY with 3208 Cats.
Thanks for any assistance
Mine will cruise about 14 mph at 2400 rpm and about 17 or 18 at wot 2800 rpm. our normal cruise is 8 or 9 mph @ 1400 rpm about 4.5 gph
Wayne
1987 43my for sale
I usually cruise at 7-7.5 kts burning 4.0 gph @1200 rpm. I run mine up to 2000 rpm every few hours and blow the carbon out for 5-10 minutes. At that rpm 11 kts. WOT, 2700 rpm will be about 15 kts. lots depend on how i load it but it actually runs agaisnt the tide faster (it gets the back of the boat up). The trim tabs are a must to get the 17-18 kts but mine are broke and I havent bothered to fix them yet. I would never run that fast for long anyway. In the last 5 years we have been cruising I have never had the need or want to burn that much diesel over 2000 rpms. I'm happy as a clam with the 4.0 gph. BTW, our 1985 is for sale too. We want to go to Honduras and Panama on a sail bote. We couldnt be more happy with our 43 though. It has served us great.
Thank you for the info, MarkQuote:
Originally Posted by seaway
Thank you for the info, MarkQuote:
Originally Posted by magnawake