Took Taylor out just now. Motor pulls a lot harder off the line, even with four of us in the boat. I reckon it might even pull a skier out of the water. It seems to get up to about 65kph, whereas the old Johnson maxed out at 55 and at about 50 going against the current up the river. I don't think its getting full throttle as 3/4 the revs are about the same as WOT and the speed is still only getting 65 from what I can tell. 60 is plenty fast enough anyway, it's more about how quickly I can get up to about 40-50kph. At 60 in the chop its a little loose anyway, I suspect it's due to it having a fairly flat bottom. One weird thing the steering wheel seems to be out of alignment and I'm not sure how, or it the wind and current was pushing me and the wheel being off-centre was just a result of the former while trying to go straight. Might be something I need looked at?
Over the winter I will try and get the tacho working. I may need to book it in, because being aftermarket I'm not confident in my ability to get it connected up correctly. The OEM one is all plug and play, except for the lighting, but the aftermarket one matches my speedo.
Plan is to get the windscreen panels made in about six weeks (finances permitting). Still debating what to do about bead blasting or garnet blasting the windscreen frame. I'm tempted to maybe wire wheel it, and sand it to keep the cost down, and not having to contend with garnet blasting at home and it getting everywhere.
