Information required for Cap Camarat 725WA Diesel

[Sailawayed]

Hi,
I am in the process of buying a Cap Camarat 725 WA.
It has a Volvo TAMD22 - 105Hp engine.
On sea trial it was a little choppy and there wasn't much sea room, with sailing dinghies around etc.
The boat only made 14 knots at 4000 rpm - I am not sure how clean the bottom was.
Does anyone know whether the boat would originally have been capable of planing properly i.e. 16+ knots?
There is nothing on line about these boats.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[lusitano]

Hi,
I am in the process of buying a Cap Camarat 725 WA.
It has a Volvo TAMD22 - 105Hp engine.
On sea trial it was a little choppy and there wasn't much sea room, with sailing dinghies around etc.
The boat only made 14 knots at 4000 rpm - I am not sure how clean the bottom was.
Does anyone know whether the boat would originally have been capable of planing properly i.e. 16+ knots?
There is nothing on line about these boats.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks

Sounds a bit underpowered - I,ve been looking around at 6 mtr Cap Camarats and they are mostly petrol outboard 200hp upwards

 

[Sailawayed]

That's my concern. My guess is 200hp pushes them well. Being diesel it will have more torque so will swing higher pitch/ bigger prop.
What I'd like to find out is what the performance was when new. If it originally did 16-18 knots then I can work towards something.
There's nothing on the web as it's a 1999 boat.

 

[Topehunter]

I am looking at a Nissan 700 with a TAMD22P, did you get your Cap Camarat, and how did it perform fuel wise?
The data I have found points towards 4gallons per hour at 2500rpm, 4000rpm is close to WOT, that would be a high fuel use.