My Turbo 36 has the 255's and whereas She won't do 27 knots, She will sit all day at 16 - 18 knots, tops out at 23 knots and planes from just above 12.
Bulld like the proverbial brick outhouse, parking without a thruster is interesting, especially as the fly helm is in the middle of the boat, and I keep forgetting to look behind me, but my tender rib provides a good rear mounted sky fender !
My second power boat after numerous yachts. In no rush to move on. Yes the smaller engines will be underpowered, but if you are mostly doing river work they will run better, and use less fuel light loaded, and will still give you a gentle plane for a trip over to Calais, and that's at least three timnes the speed of one of those saily things !
If you get one I've got loads of info including the original owners manual, wiring diagrams etc, plus cross over references for filters etc.
