I bought this about 2 months ago. It was just sitting in a guys driveway on the side of his house, on the north side so it had mold on the carpet everywhere. The top was oxidized but not real bad. I bought it anyway cause it was a 19 with a 200 mercury on back. I buffed the boat for 2 days now it shines. Cleaned the carpet it looks good also. It is a little late for me to start to get it setup to run the way I want it but I'm wanting ideas on what you guys would do first. I tried to measure motor below pad no jack plate it looks like 4 1/2 to 5 inches below. When I got the boat it had a (I think) 4 blade predator 24p WOT it would run about 55 mph at 5800 rpm I found a cheap $ 25p 3 blade Ballistic and got about the same 55 mph but I could go 5800 rpm and had more but didn't want to go higher rpm's. I did a test run with a 25p tempest and got over 60 at 5600 and still had a little more. I read that Pat says the Tempest is a good prop for this boat so I'll probably go that route and have it B&B. Here's the pic of my first Champion.
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Modified by bass101 at 6:34 PM 10/21/2009