Kaps Lake Powell Summary

[KAP]

Great read KAP, you point out several good need to know items. Mostly dropping prop size, I would not have thought of that either. The rates on these houseboats have become insane.
Wonder why they call it orifice rock? :p

Stainless:

That dropping down in pitch size is absolutely critical. I was kinda pissed after the first day when the boat was really lugging out of the hole and at midrange. I was telling my wife no one mentioned anything about dropping down in pitch do these people even know anything about performance boating. If my formula holds true for my DFI Outboards it is a 9.5 percent loss of power on the top end. Translation about 30 HP per motor so 90HP down on power. That is HUGE .

If I boated here regularly I would go one step further and inquire about altitude adjustments for the ECU. A huge plus if your running blower motors or big inch stuff that needs a proper tune.

I know my boat really well and it was struggling.... dropping down about three or four pitches would have been perfect bam instant remedy.

Yes the nice houseboats are frickin outrageous. The problem is they get rented all day long by foreigners and tourists who really don't care. I know the deals are out there...you know the ones...my sisters cousins brothers good friend owns one and he rents at discount rates all the time. I would like to do a houseboat trip with other boaters but it also has to be the right people. I would not want to do a houseboat trip with people I could not get along with for 4-5 days...eek.

I forgot to mention a certain Smart Phone App.

ATTENTION: If you have an I-Phone download the Lake Powell Area App. map it's free. It will literally act like a GPS to the location and it works awesome. I know cell phone service is spotty but it works in the middle of the lake area. We have intercoms in our boat and my daughter was a first rate navigator.
It is the first app. when you pull up Lake Powell on the App. Store.

When navigating the lake it is so deceiving just when it looks like the path is a dead end it jogs to the left or right. I can only describe it as blind corners. Having a visual map and paying attention to landmarks also helps a ton. Having a navigator is a plus...because your concentrating on driving and making sure you don't hit anything and throttling. You don't have time to navigate as well it makes a huge difference.

I have more photos later. The landscapes are just incredible you could burn thousands of photos and never run out of material at Lake Powell everyday is different.

Also the further away you get from the marinas i.e... past dangling rope the more privacy you have!