Remember that these are only general guidelines. They don’t have to be followed precisely. Based on my 40+ years experience, I believe that what ultimately kills your engine is not how close you operated within the engine manufacturers guidelines but more serious things like loosing crankcase oil.
Bob Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Spending winters in the Bahamas, summers in Baltimore, and somewhere on the ICW in between) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com email: dainyr...@icloud.com > On Sep 21, 2020, at 12:13 PM, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Attached is the chart of rated continuous output. I couldn't find it but > immediately but the 1 hour limit for my 3HM35F is 3400 and the instantaneous > limit is 3600. When referring to 80% load I always assume the continuous > limit - 3200 for me. So basically whenever I run the engine I try to > maintain the tach above 2500. But RPM is only part of the equation. Usually > it is good enough but with a clean prop and bottom the actual load might not > be 80% since the engine has to work less hard to move the boat the through > the water. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > <IMG_20200921_114721.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
