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Outfitting boat with new outboard max horsepower
millerwheeler:
--- Quote from: BD1 on May 08, 2024, 12:15:35 PM ---Do you have an idea how much your boat weighs? Mine is 650# empty and the 60hp Merc is 257# Both are brand new.
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Actually gonna try and hit a scale this weekend to sort that out
CackleBird98:
Seriously look at yammys. Ill never own anything else...
BD1:
Also I opted for the rear pods...the boat sits level in the water. Some people don't like them but I have no complaints
follow maggie:
I wouldn’t get an evinrude. My brother is swapping his out with a Yamaha because when it breaks, no one can find parts for it.
Stein:
I have a 90 on my 18' windshield boat that weighs about 3,000 pounds and it is everything I need including when pulling tubes with 4 people in the boat.
Weight is something I would look at, I would likely go a bit smaller unless you plan on flying around all the time. I can run up to about 40 fishing and do that just about never. Most of the time I run 25 or so unless it's miraculously flat out.
I have a Mercury, it's been awesome and I have the bluetooth do-dad that sends data to my phone. It's been very nice for everything from calculating fuel consumption, monitoring temps and tracking maintenance. It's been 100% flawless since 2017.
I had a 40 on a 16' Smokercraft windshield version and it was underpowered unless I was on it by myself. I would think 60 might be a sweetspot for a 16 tiller.
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