Hi,
I finally put my 16' fishing boat back together and took it for a test drive last week. The boat is your basic 16' Alumacraft fishing boat with a 1977 7077S3 70HP 2 stroke motor and remote steering.
With 2 small kids up front and at full throttle I couldn't get the boat to go faster then 7 mph/6 knots.
I think the weight of the boat is pretty low. While there is a front and rear casting platform the casting structure was built using square hollow aluminum tubing and the platform is 3/4 plywood.
Should the boat be able to go faster then 7mph?
If so what's the best way to troubleshoot this?
thanks
Alex
I finally put my 16' fishing boat back together and took it for a test drive last week. The boat is your basic 16' Alumacraft fishing boat with a 1977 7077S3 70HP 2 stroke motor and remote steering.
With 2 small kids up front and at full throttle I couldn't get the boat to go faster then 7 mph/6 knots.
I think the weight of the boat is pretty low. While there is a front and rear casting platform the casting structure was built using square hollow aluminum tubing and the platform is 3/4 plywood.
Should the boat be able to go faster then 7mph?
If so what's the best way to troubleshoot this?
thanks
Alex