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<blockquote data-quote="maddog" data-source="post: 381312" data-attributes="member: 8022"><p>It is not a planing hull, but I am not really interested in getting the boat to plane. More interested in having enough push to make it through heavy current when needed. I guess maybe being on plane would make going upstream easier since there would be less drag...</p><p></p><p>The manufacturer said the transom is designed to hold the weight of a 3HP 4 stroke (as many of you know the horsepower rating guidelines were changed in the early 80's and there is a +/- 10% variance allowed in HP ratings claims, so a 1968 4HP could potentially have nearly the same output as a well tuned 1985 3HP at the same overall weight) so I would like to keep weight around 40lbs. The older 4HP johnson/evinrude motors I am looking at do have the weedless foot and I was wondering how well that worked on a canoe. Many of the rivers have logs and rocks and I had read the weedless foot works really good when navigating rivers with obstructions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maddog, post: 381312, member: 8022"] It is not a planing hull, but I am not really interested in getting the boat to plane. More interested in having enough push to make it through heavy current when needed. I guess maybe being on plane would make going upstream easier since there would be less drag... The manufacturer said the transom is designed to hold the weight of a 3HP 4 stroke (as many of you know the horsepower rating guidelines were changed in the early 80's and there is a +/- 10% variance allowed in HP ratings claims, so a 1968 4HP could potentially have nearly the same output as a well tuned 1985 3HP at the same overall weight) so I would like to keep weight around 40lbs. The older 4HP johnson/evinrude motors I am looking at do have the weedless foot and I was wondering how well that worked on a canoe. Many of the rivers have logs and rocks and I had read the weedless foot works really good when navigating rivers with obstructions. [/QUOTE]
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