Location: Not far enough north! | I've got a 1760GT with an optimax. I have never been to green bay either but I would think that wavelength would be pretty long on the big bay. I have fished LOTW for several years. The first few were out of an esox magnum. I filled that boat up once in 3 footers and there was many days that I had to rent a camp deep v or sit and watch the waves so I upgraded to the 1760. This hull is fantastic; sits low at rest so you are nice and close to the water for figure 8's and really rides high when on plane. I ran the boat for two years with the old style tiller and it was fine until the water got a little rough and then you had to trim the nose down to cut the waves. That is when the torque got pretty hard on long runs. Just a couple weeks ago I installed the new titan big tiller from merten/mercury. I had to raise the engine two holes to get it to work. The way the splash well is designed and the opti tillers you can not trim the motor up very high at all. It was mounted all the way down and the move up was a good one anyway. Gained a little speed and hole shot by raising it. If you get one have them mount it in the middle hole to start with. I'm running a 16P vengeance prop. Light load by myself getting about 35 1/2mph, loaded with gear and three goes down to about 33. Hole shot is good, ranges from 4-5 seconds depending on load. It will plane around 18-20mph and likes to go about 28 in a big chop, slices the waves like a dream. The titan tiller is more than adequate for a 75 you wouldn't need to go with power steering.
Rick |
