let me know your thoughts on this pairing

cossie69 · 06-08-2012, 11:16 PM

iv decided to pair these 2 together i would love to know your thoughts and what top speed you think i will be getting also best pitch prop i could use the boat is a 14ft fonda quit rare with a mercury 115 hears a couple of pics will look forward to hearing your thoughts regards to all tim

John.Richardson · 06-08-2012, 11:45 PM

My next door neighbour has a Fonda 14 with a 50hp and apparently it does 40mph!!!!

cossie69 · 07-08-2012, 12:09 AM

wow 40mph i would love to see a pic of his fonda, my first boat was a 14ft simms super v i started with a old mercury 50 brown band which i hit 35mph then i put a merc 85 blue band and hit 52mph lol it was fun but to bouncy lol, i would love to now a riff speed i will be getting if anyone has any thoughts on prop pitch it would be great i need to buy a prop asap but i have no idea what i should be looking at ?

Martin Keir · 07-08-2012, 12:12 AM

Haha this should be good. I would use a 21p prop. Just to get good acceleration aswell as a mid 50's mph. (in theory) But I live next to the North sea not a Loch. Hope there's some vids taken like.

FrenchPhil · 07-08-2012, 09:05 AM

Motor is going to be too heavy. Wat do they weigh ?

John.Richardson · 07-08-2012, 09:16 AM

Reckon bouncing is going to be a real issue - pretty sure one of the local guys raced the same fonda 14 with a 90hp yam on and it spent more time in the air than in the sea.

"Andy21" was Nav I think!

cossie69 · 07-08-2012, 11:52 PM

hi thanks for the replies chaps, i dont now the weight of the merc 115 i think around 120kg mark should be ok on the weight side, i guess i will find out soon lol, it shouldnt be bad as i dont go to the sea i use a lake and i go to a nice quite 2 mile stretch its like glass and i can play around with setup till i get it spot on, if anyone has got a 21p or 20p prop there selling that will fit my outboard giv me a shout i will buy it straight away as im finding it hard to find one at min, when the boats done i will get some pics of it and if i can i will put a quick vid of it in action, thanks again for the replies chaps, i would love to see a pic of a 14ft fonda as iv never seen one before,

Paul E · 08-08-2012, 11:54 AM

This is how it ran 90% of the time

andy21 · 08-08-2012, 01:04 PM

I took that picture!

Heres another cracking one. Probably the calmest sea conditions I've ever been out in but the Fonda still found something to jump off!

The engine was a 2 stroke Mercury 90hp, I think the prop was a SS Laser 21 and would run bang on 50mph GPS.

I navigated for 2 races a couple of summers ago, and I have to say it was alot of fun! For all the bouncing up and down it only stuffed once (before we'd even come out of muster!) but didn't chine ride too badly.

cossie69 · 10-08-2012, 09:25 AM

thanks so much andy for the reply it means alot, that picture is awsome, iv just bought a laser2 21p for it got it for a steal at £70 in great condition, i will be fitting the outboard and steering on sunday just done the interior so i will try and put some pics up sunday for anyone who is inerested, just a quick question i know what chine walking is but when you say stuffed it wat does that mean? thanks again for taking the time to upload the amazing pal pal regards tim

cossie69 · 10-08-2012, 09:29 AM

just realised thanks paule aswell didnt realise you uploaded the pic first i dont suppose you have any more pics of it on the trailer or sat still

andy21 · 10-08-2012, 09:48 AM

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-45

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-50

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-54

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-13

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-23

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-30

http://www.danedmundsphotography.com/npg-june-09-6

and there are a few more here;

http://emotion.photium.com/portfolio60783p1.html

As you will see, it really didn't stay in the water much... people will probably comment that it's trimmed out too much, but although extremely flighty, it ran best/fastest like that!

cossie69 · 10-08-2012, 10:02 AM

thanks for that pal some great pics there and yes its hardly in the water lol, looks like alot of fun and i was thinking that it was trimed alot but if thats how it ran best then thats where it gets trimed to, i cant wait to take mine out i would love to start racing like the pics but i live in manchester so theres nothing like this where i live and i wouldnt have a idea how to even start, thanks again for uploading these pics i have saved them to my computor to show my friend whats to expect lol, regards tim, just in interest did his yellow fonda have a floor in it? or totaly stripped out i have just replace the floor in mine but done it as light weight as possible,

TWIN RIG · 10-08-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cossie69

thanks for that pal some great pics there and yes its hardly in the water lol, looks like alot of fun and i was thinking that it was trimed alot but if thats how it ran best then thats where it gets trimed to, i cant wait to take mine out i would love to start racing like the pics but i live in manchester so theres nothing like this where i live and i wouldnt have a idea how to even start, thanks again for uploading these pics i have saved them to my computor to show my friend whats to expect lol, regards tim, just in interest did his yellow fonda have a floor in it? or totaly stripped out i have just replace the floor in mine but done it as light weight as possible,

Plenty of racing locally at http://www.lancashirepowerboat.com/home and not to far away at http://www.wmbrc-racing.net/

pro-rig · 10-08-2012, 03:22 PM

il help you out if you wish to start circuit racing. There are loads of places to race circuit which arnt to far from you. Gt30 racing is ideal starter class. Boats are single seater monos racing at speeds of 50 mph with only a 30 hp on the back.

cossie69 · 13-08-2012, 02:20 PM

thanks for the replies chaps, i would love to start racing i am goin to have a drive down to lancashire power boat club as its a 30min drive i will see what its all about i had no idea that this was goin on so close to where i live i believe you can ski on the lake once you have become a member i cant believe it thanks for all the help i am goin lookin at a outboard tonight and was wondering if anyone had any ideas or thoughts on the suzuki dt115 or they good motors reliable or prone to failure, i would love to hear from someone who has hed one and what they thought of them , thanks again for all the replies its been very helpful regards tim