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Originally Posted by Maine Sail
. Because I was 350 RPM off, Westerbeke recommended that I also temporarily back my normal cruise RPM off by 350 RPM to "try" and compensate for the over propping and to NOT overload my engine.
By backing my RPM off by 350 it put me at an RPM outside of the recommended cruise RPM range for the engine and one too low for long term use. .
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Appreciate your comments Maine. It seems to me that I am not overloading the engine by the statements above, however apparently my rpm is "outside of the recommended crusie rpm range." (1900 rpm does get me up on the torque curve so not sure if I'm really outside of "cruise range") FWIW...I bought the boat new in 1985 and have been operating the engine in this "out of spec" range ever since. I did not know until I put a photo tach on the engine that my tach readings were so much off however. Good discussion and look forward to any more comments.