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Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
- Skydancer
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Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
Cruising speed depends on what we're doing. A lot of times I'll just get up on plane then back down a bit to where it just barely stays on plane. We can kill an hour or so for a nice cruise and not really notice the fuel gauges losing much of their readings. We'll be 12-14MPH around 2500 RPM, iirc.
If we're not in a hurry to get somewhere but are headed to a destination, then I'll push up around 3200 RPM which is around 18MPH
I've not done it for a while, but the fastest I've ever had the boat was about 28MPH at over 4200 RPM.
- Skydancer
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
I'm not particularly interested in bringing the yacht on plane. Mostly what I want to do with it is something akin to "House Boat" speed (9 or 10 miles/hr). My concern was keeping the 454s at a low RPM for extended periods of "Stately Cruising"; and what -if any- concern there might be for running them that slow?
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
So slowly creep up the throttles until it starts to squat, then back off a few RPM's until it comes back up. That should be your best "hull speed".
- Skydancer
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
I will experiment using your suggestions.
Is there a formula (rule of thumb) for calculating MPH from the engine RPM?
- Cooler
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
- Skydancer
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
Good information!
Based on what km1125 said above, I guess I'll be running at something above 2k
Do you have any thoughts on where I might find replacement Rub Rails for my 1983 Carver 3607?
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
With these boats with almost a planing hull there are two spots to efficiently run, one on plane, the other with the hull in the water below max hull speed for a planing hull. That is something that can be calculated, check online. As Tom said around 6-7 knots would be about right. These basic rules are what I have always followed......
Just my two cents, good luck with your new boat..
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
FYI...hull speed is the square root of the water line X 1.333. So, a 40' boat probably has a 36' water line. Square root of 36' is 6. 6 X 1.333 is 8 knots. Your 3607 is a little less.
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Re: Minimum Cruising RPM for a Carver 3607 Aft Cabin (Lake Crawler)
( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
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