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Need Your Thoughts - 20hP motor on 16foot
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<blockquote data-quote="turbotodd" data-source="post: 371092" data-attributes="member: 7376"><p>A lot of it has to do with the hull.</p><p></p><p>If you have a hull that doesn't plane easily (not enough lift), it will be miserable with a 20. That said, if the hull is designed to plane easily, the 20 will work, but don't expect it to be a hotrod. 20 MPH is about all it'll see with a load. I ran a 4 stroke 15 hp Yamaha on my 1548 War Eagle, but that hull has enough lift built into it to plane easily. With just me and gear, 23-24 mph. With the GF and myself, along with all our gear, getting it on top of the water was.....uh..........interesting. It would plane, but it took forever and we had to move stuff around in the boat, including ourselves. Wide open throttle would net about 18 mph with both of us. Needless to say, I put the 25 back on it and sold the 15.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbotodd, post: 371092, member: 7376"] A lot of it has to do with the hull. If you have a hull that doesn't plane easily (not enough lift), it will be miserable with a 20. That said, if the hull is designed to plane easily, the 20 will work, but don't expect it to be a hotrod. 20 MPH is about all it'll see with a load. I ran a 4 stroke 15 hp Yamaha on my 1548 War Eagle, but that hull has enough lift built into it to plane easily. With just me and gear, 23-24 mph. With the GF and myself, along with all our gear, getting it on top of the water was.....uh..........interesting. It would plane, but it took forever and we had to move stuff around in the boat, including ourselves. Wide open throttle would net about 18 mph with both of us. Needless to say, I put the 25 back on it and sold the 15. [/QUOTE]
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