Hi Folks,
I just purchased a new Tracker Grizzly 1648 MVX and outfitted it with a 2016 Mercury 30 HP 4 stroke with a 9.5 x 11 prop. The motor sounds like it is running fine but the boat will barely get on a plain with me and 2 children in it. I was not expecting to win any races with this set up but thought it would do ok since the max HP for this boat is a 40 HP. I have been out of the boat game for 20 years so this is the first 4 stroke I have ever owned. Do I severely under power this boat or is it possibly a prop issue? I don't have a tach since it is tiller driven but it sounds like the motor is struggling to get up alot of RPMs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you