I have owned a BW 210 which is bigger and heavier boat with a 175 merc verado. Did 42mph.175 hp seems light on power? I would think being a BW it's a heavier boat?
From the sales brochure at Thunderbird Yacht:
Mercury 175hp Supercharged Verado Power – Smooth, quiet, and fuel efficient. The owner reports a top speed over 50 knots. And an easy cruise at 30mph. With 1412 hours total. Serviced yearly with receipts. Most recent major service was new high pressure and low pressure fuel pumps.
Alright then, thanks for that.I have owned a BW 210 which is bigger and heavier boat with a 175 merc verado. Did 42mph.

What a machine!
Very nice platform. I have a good friend that just picked up the same boat. @ab1752 Have you checked your neighbours slip?
Very nice platform. I have a good friend that just picked up the same boat. @ab1752 Have you checked your neighbours slip?![]()
Hey just wondering how long you have used the lone star and which model? Looking at a GX3 with the hcs6 line setup for a 30’ bayliner. Sounds like your impressed with itI have no idea what those marks are from. Robert was not one who recommended painting his boats, once he saw how well wrap looked and lasted. Perhaps that boat was painted at some point.
We wrapped our cabin and are lettting the hull and railings weather. We have the same stern wheel set up but didn't run controls at this time. (no kicker) Accoridng to the folks at Breakers installing a rear set of controls for one engine is a pretty simple job, becasue of the way Robert left room to run another set of control cables.
It appears that that boat was built before Robert started using the Lone Star Anchor set-up. I can run everything from my seat and we added in the line counter last year. No climbing up on the foredeck when things are blowing and rolling.
Two brothers one in Australia who designed and builds the system and his brother runs North American distribution. They are both Texans, and Oz brother followed his GF to OZ (she is an Ozzie) they met at Baylor) to get her to come back to Texas with him. I think they have 5 kids now and still live in Oz
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Hey what’s wrong with mine bro!?Your friend need another friend?

Price drop, still includes radar. Good deal at 35k, even with an older main comes with a kicker. https://www.facebook.com/share/1DAn6mGu3z/Fully loaded Champion 542 42k cad https://www.facebook.com/share/1BGQwuDH6c/?mibextid=wwXIfr