Quote Originally Posted by gregski View Post
Nah, I'm like Trayson. I'm an engineer so my life is sometimes all about measurement, analysis and number crunching. So at work, I can have a spreadsheet open with pump flow data and it looks like real work but I'm actually thinking about boats. Now, if I get lost in some damn analysis when I'm actually on the boat, then please, smack me up side the head.

My guests usually question my sanity about buying a boat and then trying to sink it more and faster.
Likewise.

And when I had my Supra, I had a number of boats stop by and ask me if I needed help and had the Coast Guard called out to find a "black and white Supra" that appeared to be sinking... hehehe.



Also, I talked to my friend that has a 2012 MB F23 Tomcat with huge rear lockers (his actual term was "big ass" lockers). To fill his bags to capacity, it's about 10 minutes real world with the Johnson reversibles. So pretty much dead on with the assumed real world figures you were quoting for that you suggested.

So, adding reversibles would add about $300 to my project costs and 3 minutes to bag fill-ups. Many state that the impeller pumps are "more reliable" but if I can follow the lead of "Berg the King", maybe I can have them as reliable as his. And for me, not having impellers to replace will be kinda nice. I've had a reversible and neither pump is perfect, both are reliable and unreliable in different ways.