How fast can your little boat go in the River?

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Racer
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Re: How fast can your little boat go in the River?

Post by Racer » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:00 am

I have a fairly heavy 16' aluminum sled that does 30 mph pretty consistantly. Running lower throttle at 26-27 is pretty comfortable on gas.
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Re: How fast can your little boat go in the River?

Post by natetreat » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:11 pm

I've rowed my Pavati and clocked it at 14.5 mph via GPS. Not bad for man power!
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Re: How fast can your little boat go in the River?

Post by Bodofish » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:21 pm

natetreat wrote:I've rowed my Pavati and clocked it at 14.5 mph via GPS. Not bad for man power!
:-k Down stream, no? [wink]
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