16 hours ago, slonezp said:

SI transducers and aluminum hulls don't play well together for on plane depth readings. If on plane depth readings are a necessity, get an alumaducer

No kidding.

 

It took me four tries to get this one right, and I lucked into it when I moved it to make room for a 2D transducer...

 

But what I lucked into really works well:

 

 

Interesting discussion, I'm playing around with the idea of using a Vexilar for on plane depth readings and real time depth changes... also saw earlier this year how a pro I fished with down on Okeechobee used a flasher to locate bottom and bait in heavy vegetation...  if I don't end up using a flasher I'll definitely look into the alumaducer for thru-hull 2d sonar while the boat is one plane..

1 hour ago, Further North said:

No kidding.

 

It took me four tries to get this one right, and I lucked into it when I moved it to make room for a 2D transducer...

 

But what I lucked into really works well:

 

 

Long Lake eh? ?

35 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Long Lake eh? ?

I've been known to mess with GPS read outs.  I use Photoshop as part of my job...

 

 

So...yeah, you should go fish Long Lake. ?

39 minutes ago, Janderson45 said:

Interesting discussion, I'm playing around with the idea of using a Vexilar for on plane depth readings and real time depth changes... also saw earlier this year how a pro I fished with down on Okeechobee used a flasher to locate bottom and bait in heavy vegetation...  if I don't end up using a flasher I'll definitely look into the alumaducer for thru-hull 2d sonar while the boat is one plane..

You can do that, but it adds an extra piece of gear on deck.

 

I just added a dedicated 2D transducer for about $80, works great.

Just wanted to let anyone know who is thinking about re-propping their renegade that it turns out my powerpoles were dragging in the water like I thought and now that I've raised them I can hit 50 mph gps and I am hitting max RPMs. I am going to have cup added to my prop to bring the rpms down a little bit and maybe gain a little more speed but if you don't have a lot of extra weight on your boat I would probably not get a 17p spitfire x7 like I have because you will probably be hitting the rpm limiter. I think once I get the cup added I will have it dialed in just about perfectly but you would probably get the same results by just staying at a 19p. I hope everyone is enjoying their boats!

On 7/10/2018 at 7:17 AM, RenegadeBassin said:

Just wanted to let anyone know who is thinking about re-propping their renegade that it turns out my powerpoles were dragging in the water like I thought and now that I've raised them I can hit 50 mph gps and I am hitting max RPMs. I am going to have cup added to my prop to bring the rpms down a little bit and maybe gain a little more speed but if you don't have a lot of extra weight on your boat I would probably not get a 17p spitfire x7 like I have because you will probably be hitting the rpm limiter. I think once I get the cup added I will have it dialed in just about perfectly but you would probably get the same results by just staying at a 19p. I hope everyone is enjoying their boats!

I have the same boat same motor no power poles and the 19p Spitfire X7 and I get max 5300 rpm and 46.5 mph (gps) with a 1/4 tank and only me in the boat. And that's on water like glass with the trim juuuusst right.

 

I'm reading the RPM off the digital Mercury Smartcraft gauge and the speed off a Helix 10.

1 hour ago, Jibber82 said:

I have the same boat same motor no power poles and the 19p Spitfire X7 and I get max 5300 rpm and 46.5 mph (gps) with a 1/4 tank and only me in the boat. And that's on water like glass with the trim juuuusst right.

 

I'm reading the RPM off the digital Mercury Smartcraft gauge and the speed off a Helix 10.

Motor might be too low

16 hours ago, Jibber82 said:

I have the same boat same motor no power poles and the 19p Spitfire X7 and I get max 5300 rpm and 46.5 mph (gps) with a 1/4 tank and only me in the boat. And that's on water like glass with the trim juuuusst right.

 

I'm reading the RPM off the digital Mercury Smartcraft gauge and the speed off a Helix 10.

 

 Like @slonezp said, I'd take a look at what hole your motor is in and I can look at mine when I go home for lunch and I'll let you know where its at. 

 

I trim mine up basically as high as it will let me on plane. I've noticed it only goes a certain distance then it won't go any more, even though it seems like I could maybe get a little more speed if it let me go a tiny bit higher. Is that a standard feature or is my trim messed up? I've also found that if I partially fill my livewell, it actually allows for more bow lift and a tiny bit more speed. I wouldn't worry about doing that for day to day fishing, but its fun to do when I am trying to see how fast I can get her to go on a nice calm day.

3 hours ago, RenegadeBassin said:

 

 Like @slonezp said, I'd take a look at what hole your motor is in and I can look at mine when I go home for lunch and I'll let you know where its at. 

 

I trim mine up basically as high as it will let me on plane. I've noticed it only goes a certain distance then it won't go any more, even though it seems like I could maybe get a little more speed if it let me go a tiny bit higher. Is that a standard feature or is my trim messed up? I've also found that if I partially fill my livewell, it actually allows for more bow lift and a tiny bit more speed. I wouldn't worry about doing that for day to day fishing, but its fun to do when I am trying to see how fast I can get her to go on a nice calm day.

The trim stop is a safety feature.

On 7/13/2018 at 7:36 AM, RenegadeBassin said:

 

 Like @slonezp said, I'd take a look at what hole your motor is in and I can look at mine when I go home for lunch and I'll let you know where its at. 

 

I trim mine up basically as high as it will let me on plane. I've noticed it only goes a certain distance then it won't go any more, even though it seems like I could maybe get a little more speed if it let me go a tiny bit higher. Is that a standard feature or is my trim messed up? I've also found that if I partially fill my livewell, it actually allows for more bow lift and a tiny bit more speed. I wouldn't worry about doing that for day to day fishing, but its fun to do when I am trying to see how fast I can get her to go on a nice calm day.

What do you think?

1 hour ago, Jibber82 said:

What do you think?

I just found pictures of mine where I was showing the powerpole brackets and its in the top hole...seems like that would be too low and that you should actually be getting better performance where you are than where I am. I don't know what to think, weird. 

Thanks guys this blog was a big help in choosing my new boat.

Lund Renegade 1775, Crappie setup. 90 hp Mercury, Motorguide X5i trolling motor, Garmin 9sv in the dash, Lowrance elite 7 on the front.

I put the transom saver that is exactly like the one pictured in a earlier post.

The top speed I have reached is 40 mph gps with a 13X17p prop 5300 rpm. The motor is in the highest hole so the motor is all the way down.

I was wondering if I raise the motor one hole will this increase the top end speed and reduce the propoising some?

 

I love it!

 

2 minutes ago, o2bfishn@frontier.com said:

Thanks guys this blog was a big help in choosing my new boat.

Lund Renegade 1775, Crappie setup. 90 hp Mercury, Motorguide X5i trolling motor, Garmin 9sv in the dash, Lowrance elite 7 on the front.

I put the transom saver that is exactly like the one pictured in a earlier post.

The top speed I have reached is 40 mph gps with a 13X17p prop 5300 rpm. The motor is in the highest hole so the motor is all the way down.

I was wondering if I raise the motor one hole will this increase the top end speed and reduce the propoising some?

 

I love it!

 

Sweet rig!

 

18 hours ago, o2bfishn@frontier.com said:

Thanks guys this blog was a big help in choosing my new boat.

Lund Renegade 1775, Crappie setup. 90 hp Mercury, Motorguide X5i trolling motor, Garmin 9sv in the dash, Lowrance elite 7 on the front.

I put the transom saver that is exactly like the one pictured in a earlier post.

The top speed I have reached is 40 mph gps with a 13X17p prop 5300 rpm. The motor is in the highest hole so the motor is all the way down.

I was wondering if I raise the motor one hole will this increase the top end speed and reduce the propoising some?

 

I love it!

 

Very nice! Hopefully someone who knows a lot about that motor hole stuff can chime in because mine is also in the top hole so I'd like to know what would happen if I moved mine up one hole as well. 

Raising the motor can help...but it can also have the opposite effect.

 

Bets to have a way to take it up and down easily (and inexpensively).

Finally towed mine home so I could prove I wasn't lying

 

 

more to follow over the next few days, just had a few quick shots from my phone to share for now.

Janderson45, I am new to the site. I would like to know where you got your boat from? I just came from a boat dealership in mass today and they told me i could only get a merc or Yamaha with the Lund 1875 renegade.

On 10/1/2018 at 11:58 PM, WhoopinBass said:

Janderson45, I am new to the site. I would like to know where you got your boat from? I just came from a boat dealership in mass today and they told me i could only get a merc or Yamaha with the Lund 1875 renegade.

 

I purchased mine at Thayers Marine in Norwich, CT.  They will certainly put an Evinrude on it for you, but it will cost more than a Mercury.  

 

 

12 hours ago, WhoopinBass said:

Janderson45, I am new to the site. I would like to know where you got your boat from? I just came from a boat dealership in mass today and they told me i could only get a merc or Yamaha with the Lund 1875 renegade.

You can order a boat from Lund without a motor and have your dealer of choice install your motor and forward controls of choice

Little video of mine out on Lake Winnipesaukee the other weekend, been meaning to do a video walk-thru or review but haven't gotten there yet, been too busy fishing!  Will have a video review posted up sometime over the coming weeks.

 

 

In depth review still coming... been too busy fishing to make vids!  Overall I’d give the boat a B+ so far, generally very happy with it but do have a gripe or two.

 

Look forward to your thoughts on the boat.

On 10/27/2018 at 7:30 PM, Janderson45 said:

In depth review still coming... been too busy fishing to make vids!  Overall I’d give the boat a B+ so far, generally very happy with it but do have a gripe or two.

 

Nothing is perfect...will be interested in your thoughs once the season is done.

 

Those boats are purrrrrty! 

Well.. I just got a deal too good to pass up on a pair of 8’ powerpole blades, mounting brackets and wireless footswitch, so I guess I’ll be adding a pair of poles to my rig over the winter as well. Right now the plan is to install them myself like @RenegadeBassin did- I think I even have the same same sandwich brackets that he did- biggest issue is going to be getting the outboard and jackplate off to mount the sandwich brackets.. I may have to take it to a dealer to do that.  The rest seems pretty simple, with the second biggest obstacle being finding a suitable mounting spot for the pumps and running the hydraulic hoses.  

 

@RenegadeBassin if you don’t mind me asking, how did you mount your HPUs and where did you run the hydraulic lines?  Did you use access that was already available from your outboard or did you have to drill into the transom?  Do you have any pics that you could share of the pumps mounted and hydraulic lines plumbed through the transom?  Do you have any issues or complaints with your blades yet?  Would you install them yourself again or have a professional do it second time around?  

 

My boat is in the shop currently so I can’t crawl around it to figure out how I’m going to make all of this work, but I’ll have it back soon enough and then I’ve got all winter to figure it out.