Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:36:51 -0700, gilly penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On 8 Aug, 00:48, "JimH" ask wrote:
"gilly" wrote in message

ups.com...



This weekend,i was out on my boat( Bayliner 2052,yr2000,4.3 merc efi )
which i know can reach 50mph...snip
Just curious..........how do you know that?
My first trip out on her showed 50-51mph on the gauge when i opened
the throttle.


Simon

If that is the case, Bayliner will probably buy the boat back! That's
about 10 MPH higher than they claim........ (except with the V-8)

Gene,
It probably is reading 50 mph on the speedmeter, but it does not mean he
is actually going 50 mph, the pressure tubes are extremely inaccurate.