David Erwin
New Member
- Oct 1, 2018
- 6
- Boat Info
- 2014 280 Sundancer
- Engines
- 350 Mercruiser Bravo III Drive
In the process of purchasing a 2014 280 Sundancer that has 30 hours on it. This boat has the 350 mercruiser 300 hp engine and a 21" prop. The boat has not yet had its first service due to the low hours but maybe it still probably should have since it is 4 years old. I just had the survey done on the boat. During the sea trial at full throttle the boat reached a max of 4510 rpm and a max speed of 34.9 mph. There is a review of this boat on boattest.com that shows the boat reaching 5260 rpm and max speed of 41.5 mph. Is this something that I should be concerned about? On this same boattest.com review it does show at 4500 rpm it should be doing a speed of about 35 mph. So this makes me feel better about the situation but I just wonder if I should be worried that the boat was not able to reach 41.5 mph at 5260 rpm.