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Upgrading Jon boat and need your advice
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<blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 493748" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I would go as wide as you can. If you plan to keep it to 15' look for a 548, 1548 or 1556 if you can find one. If yo decide to go to 16', I'd be looking for a 1652, 1655 or even 1660. But a 25 hp motor will be probably struggle with 2-3 people in a 16' boat. A 16' should probably run a 35-50 hp motor and the 25 might be enough for a 15' as long as the boat isn't too heavy. I have a 1652 with a 60/45 jet and it's more than enough with 1 or 2 people (I'm usually out by myself so it's plenty) but when I get a 3rd person, you an really feel it slow the boat down and I need to use quite a bit more throttle. I have a narrow center console but it's still a bit of a squeeze to get around it even being a 1652.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113157[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]113159[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JL8Jeff, post: 493748, member: 12995"] I would go as wide as you can. If you plan to keep it to 15' look for a 548, 1548 or 1556 if you can find one. If yo decide to go to 16', I'd be looking for a 1652, 1655 or even 1660. But a 25 hp motor will be probably struggle with 2-3 people in a 16' boat. A 16' should probably run a 35-50 hp motor and the 25 might be enough for a 15' as long as the boat isn't too heavy. I have a 1652 with a 60/45 jet and it's more than enough with 1 or 2 people (I'm usually out by myself so it's plenty) but when I get a 3rd person, you an really feel it slow the boat down and I need to use quite a bit more throttle. I have a narrow center console but it's still a bit of a squeeze to get around it even being a 1652. [ATTACH type="full"]113157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]113159[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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