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Does a 90/65 on a 1648 lowe make me an idiot?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lumispawn" data-source="post: 382426" data-attributes="member: 18001"><p>I've been setting on a 2011 1648 lowe riveted flatbottom for the last 3 years. Boat was used twice in a lake when I bought it from PO. Bought it and trailer for $600. Found an old 25 hp jet for it. Slapped together a homemade transom riser and took it to the river. Discovered 16.7 hp at the jet doesn't plane with two people and some gear. Didn't use the boat after that due to other factors. Took it to the shop this year to see about getting the motor turned up some and have a proper transom built. Came back a couple days later to talk about some hull changes and the shop had just taken in an 06 mercury 2s 90/65 in trade that had very low hours and knew of someone wanting a 25 jet badly. He was willing to give me a very good deal on the motor so I figured I would just go for it. Boat should be done tomorrow. I had the console placed fairly far forward to help with weight distribution but I worry about how well a light weight hull like that will hold up. Figure i'll get 32-33mph out of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lumispawn, post: 382426, member: 18001"] I've been setting on a 2011 1648 lowe riveted flatbottom for the last 3 years. Boat was used twice in a lake when I bought it from PO. Bought it and trailer for $600. Found an old 25 hp jet for it. Slapped together a homemade transom riser and took it to the river. Discovered 16.7 hp at the jet doesn't plane with two people and some gear. Didn't use the boat after that due to other factors. Took it to the shop this year to see about getting the motor turned up some and have a proper transom built. Came back a couple days later to talk about some hull changes and the shop had just taken in an 06 mercury 2s 90/65 in trade that had very low hours and knew of someone wanting a 25 jet badly. He was willing to give me a very good deal on the motor so I figured I would just go for it. Boat should be done tomorrow. I had the console placed fairly far forward to help with weight distribution but I worry about how well a light weight hull like that will hold up. Figure i'll get 32-33mph out of it. [/QUOTE]
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