Carpediem44DB
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- Aug 18, 2015
- 3,230
- Boat Info
- 2000 Carver 506
2006 44 DB Sedan Bridge
- Engines
- Volvo TAMD 74 P
I started to tell the saga of having the wrong props on my 06 44DB last week. Here is an update with some back ground.
Long story short, I am the second owner of the boat and I never questioned which props were installed until I noticed fellow cruisers with virtually the same boats were getting considerably better performance than I am. After a little digging I found that I have 24/27s installed and my WOT RPM is 2680. According to Searay's records, the boat left the factory with the 26/27s and should see o my 2600 at WOT, but the 24/27s were an option. I verified with Michigan wheel that the serial numbers on my wrong props were purchased by Searay in July of 05. My boat was finished in August of 05. There is no record of the original owner ordering the boat with other than standard props so I am guessing that someone at Searay blew it and installed the wrong props. I have begun the dialogue with searay to see what if any responsibility they will accept and work with me to get a set of props installed that will make the boat perform as advertised. If anyone has any input or suggestions that would be helpful I'd love to hear it.
Rusty
Long story short, I am the second owner of the boat and I never questioned which props were installed until I noticed fellow cruisers with virtually the same boats were getting considerably better performance than I am. After a little digging I found that I have 24/27s installed and my WOT RPM is 2680. According to Searay's records, the boat left the factory with the 26/27s and should see o my 2600 at WOT, but the 24/27s were an option. I verified with Michigan wheel that the serial numbers on my wrong props were purchased by Searay in July of 05. My boat was finished in August of 05. There is no record of the original owner ordering the boat with other than standard props so I am guessing that someone at Searay blew it and installed the wrong props. I have begun the dialogue with searay to see what if any responsibility they will accept and work with me to get a set of props installed that will make the boat perform as advertised. If anyone has any input or suggestions that would be helpful I'd love to hear it.
Rusty