Who has been using their Trojan?

[captainmaniac]

Got out on Sturgeon Lake yesterday for the first time this year. Had to wait for the fuel pumps to open up for the season. I managed to get her out of her slip, over to the fuel pumps for $500 worth of go juice and then headed out on the lake to check power setting. The locks don't open until Friday so I pretty much had the lake to myself. This is our first "big" boat so I wanted to get a feel for her. All went really well and I managed to back her into her slip single-handed. No crew with me on this tour...had a blast! It's a lot like flying...small control inputs and easy on the power. I suppose the main difference is that when you fly, the ground doesn't move the way a current does
I'm curious about my results so I'd like to hear from other tricabin drivers...I'm getting 5 miles/hr at idle (800 rpm) 8.5 at 1200 rpm 10 at 1500 rpm and 18-20 at 2000 rpm. This is about half a load of fuel and into a moderate headwind. Sorry about the MPH figures, but most my GPS/Moving Map stuff is calibrated for flying.

I don't have a Tri... but those speeds sound high for what I would have expected. My F32 is around 7-8 knots at 1500, and 10ish at 2000RPM. I don't get to 20 until around 3000RPM. Your boat probably tops out around 25-28mph at WOT, and with the Mercs that should be around 4200-4500 RPM... so if you are reading 20mph at 2000 RPM, something is off.