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Great shape - to say it with Sherman's words:
'From the pictures, who ever the previous owners were, they sure knew how to take care of her. '

Our's is a 1976'er F-32 Sedan Flybrige looking very similar to yours, exept the teak-paneels and the bow pulpit.

15 grand is a steel if there is no other surprise, look at the bilge and if anywhere some water goes in to.
Especially above the V-berth (we had some leakage last winter)
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Greetings from Germany - Heiner

I am moving from a 24ft Stingray with 5.7l Mercruiser to this F32 with 360"s

I almost never went WOT on my 24, I am surely not going to unless it's an emergency on the F32.

My surveyor is very well respected in the area and he confirmed we are doing a Sea Trial - I am sure he will push the engines long enough to be comfortable with them.

I am getting excited, just a little anxious that he will find something that is a deal killer. I already have a list of things I want to do on her starting with a/c once the genset is fixed. The current owner told the broker that he was told it just needs to be flashed, after doing some reading I am not sure why he would pull it to flash it? Has anyone heard of that?

jeffsock wrote:....I am sure he will push the engines long enough to be comfortable with them. ...

Welcome aboard. Hope the deal works out for you, would like you to stick around!

Perhaps more important than simply bringing it up to WOT, and maybe Captainmaniac can help you out here as I can't remember the specs, is the recommended rpm at WOT. If it reaches that rpm spec, you'll know that the engines are running properly and that you're propped right. And as others have mentioned, the duty cycle for WOT on the typical recreational vessel isn't very long, so get her up just long enough to check rpm. Why the genny flash, has it not been run for a long time? What is it doing or not doing?

Perhaps he means flushed not flashed ?

Stripermann2 wrote:

prowlersfish wrote:Sweet boat , As far holding the throttle wide open for 15-20 , Don't be surprised if some one says no . If you where buying my boat I would not allow it . I don't do that to my own boat and I would not let anyone else . a minute or two fine but thats it on my dime .

Wow, 15-20 minutes is a long time at WOT...gotta agree with Paul. Maybe he meant 15-20 seconds...

I wouldn't do that either. I guess I wasn't to clear on that one. I meant that the engines should run up to cruising rpm and be able to stay there for 15 to 20 minutes or until you can determine that the cooling system is doing what it is suppose to do.

And for the record I said run them up, not run them wide open. Interpretation, I guess.

Btw, is your surveyor's name Rick?

That I agree with

The surveyor is Carl

Great Group of Guys on here Welcome to the forum
I have a 78 f32 i think youll enjoy this boat also

Here are the speeds and rpms for my 1978 F-32 with the Chrysler 360's. I only have two 60 gallon tanks and not the optional additional two 50 gallon saddle tanks so my running weight might be less than yours.

rpm Knots
1000 5
1500 8
2100 9.5
2500 14
2800 17
3000 19
3200 21
3400 23
3500 24
4000 27

These were done in pretty calm seas with just a light ripple.
As you can tell it does not make much sense to run more than 3200 when cruising as the four barrel carbs open up and fuel use increases dramatically

Oh I forgot to give you some things to have the surveyor check.

On these boats, the limber holes (holes under stringers that let water pass through so it can make it to the bilge pump) were not fiberglassed over. This allows for some rot if the bilge has a lot of water standing in it over time.

Have the surveyor poke under each stringer where the limber holes are to check for dry rot.

Typically these boats sit in the slip bow heavy and everything runs forward. Those parts of the stringer forward tend to have the best chance of rot.

Also check the deck around the anchor mounts as this area is cored with balsa wood and tends to get soggy if the anchor mounts and anchor rode hole and cover were not sealed properly.

The flybridge is another area to check for spongey deck.

For this model year though the chance of stringer rot is less than say a 1974 model for some reason.

TADTOOMUCH

Thanks for the great advice - bottom survey tomorrow, rest in the water next week.

What kind of GPH do you get at the various rpm/speeds?

360's Per Trojans specs for a F-32

2500 RPM = 19 MPH, 20 GPH
3000 RPM = 26.2 MPH, 27.5 GPH
4000 RPM = 34.5 MPH, 51 GPH

I was reading somewhere on here about running below hull speed for economy, was wondering if anyone does that and what kind of GPH I can get out of her. I am not one to be in a hurry, once I am on the boat I am already there.

jeffsock wrote:I was reading somewhere on here about running below hull speed for economy, was wondering if anyone does that and what kind of GPH I can get out of her. I am not one to be in a hurry, once I am on the boat I am already there.

Check with Gettaway. He replanted six cylinders in his F32. Not sure what kind of speeds he cruises at but I'm sure he gets some decent fuel savings.

jeffsock wrote:I was reading somewhere on here about running below hull speed for economy, was wondering if anyone does that and what kind of GPH I can get out of her. I am not one to be in a hurry, once I am on the boat I am already there.

Look at this thread.
http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewt ... torder=asc