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Sled question
jeepasaurusrex:
What you really need to watch for, is that wake that catches up to you once you slow down. Slow down too quickly, and you could swamp the boat very easily. I typically use the wake wave to beach the boat. Chop the throttle, let the wave catch up, and nail the throttle and ride it onto the bar, cutting the engine just before ya hit the beach.
Intruder:
PM me..... I can give you more information than you'd ever want on the matter.
BIGBULLBALLS:
huntnphool, I watched that video and I will refer back to my previous statement. "when in doubt, wrap it out". Those are some crazy *censored*s. Back to the boat thing, I had a 16', 5' bottom, all welded custom flat bottom boat and ran a Honda 90/65 jet. A tad heavy on the back (385lb) so I never put a kicker on it. I now run that motor on my 18', 5.5' bottom boat with a 10 degree bottom and i'm a little under powered. Still does 35mph
Camo:
Thanks for all the replies and help. To clarify, this is a "jack-of-all-boats", it is not going to be perfect for anything but trying to make it suitable for a number of situations. I do realize there is no "perfect" boat having owned a number of boats in the past. My intention is a few trips each to fish the Skagit in the winter, Cowlitz in the summer, fly-fish Eastside lakes, smallies on the Columbia/ Yakima, kids to Rufus twice a year, Banks for Carp and throw in a couple duck hunts. That covers the nine months I'm not chasing deer/elk. The boat is the riveted john with 48" bottom. I know I'm pushing that fine line between length and power and making it worse with a tiller. I don't want to add additional weight to the back with unnecessary power, the four strokes make that a challenge. River fishing I will never have more than one other person with me as I am a space whore and hate being crowded.
Hoytstaff - Were those four strokes you ran in AK?
Cohoho- I am genuinely concerned about the drop at start especially with a 4-stroke and tiller. I know I can play games with moving fuel and batteries up front as 50% of the time I am by myself but the other times I don't want to sacrifice the deck space.
Thanks again everyone.
jackelope:
hit 3 rivers and see what they say...nice guys.
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