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If I may brag about my deck just a bit :-)
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<blockquote data-quote="Fish Chris" data-source="post: 6083" data-attributes="member: 124"><p>I bet you'd be very surprised. I think my boat only goes about 26 or 27 on a good day...... which is plenty fast enough for me, but my point is HP's on a boat are a strange thing.</p><p></p><p>If you have a boat like mine rated for a 25 hp motor, and it goes 26 mph, you could probably double the HP's to a 50 hp (if you weren't worried about way over doing the boats rating... not recommended) and it might only boost it to 29 or 30 mph.</p><p></p><p>Now check this out..... I have a buddy with my exact same 25hp Yamaha 4 stroker, but he has it pushing a MUCH bigger 17 ft, heavier guage aluminum (I bet that boat ways twice the weight of my boat, and then some) and amazingly, it will still go 26 mph ! I know this doesn't seem to make any since at all, its just the fact of the matter. Water physics and outboard HP's are very strange indeed. </p><p></p><p>Peace,</p><p>Fish</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fish Chris, post: 6083, member: 124"] I bet you'd be very surprised. I think my boat only goes about 26 or 27 on a good day...... which is plenty fast enough for me, but my point is HP's on a boat are a strange thing. If you have a boat like mine rated for a 25 hp motor, and it goes 26 mph, you could probably double the HP's to a 50 hp (if you weren't worried about way over doing the boats rating... not recommended) and it might only boost it to 29 or 30 mph. Now check this out..... I have a buddy with my exact same 25hp Yamaha 4 stroker, but he has it pushing a MUCH bigger 17 ft, heavier guage aluminum (I bet that boat ways twice the weight of my boat, and then some) and amazingly, it will still go 26 mph ! I know this doesn't seem to make any since at all, its just the fact of the matter. Water physics and outboard HP's are very strange indeed. Peace, Fish [/QUOTE]
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