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Strengthening a transom.
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil&#039; Blue Rude" data-source="post: 346430" data-attributes="member: 4627"><p>Don't do it! One big difference between the prop and a jet motor is the prop motor has a skeg to ride down in the water when it gets on plane. the faster you go the more the hull picks up out of the water. Smaller hulls gonna come out of the water more which is fine if you have a skeg to set down in the water to keep you going straight but a jet doesn't have that and gets squirrelly when they start picking the boat up.</p><p>A 17 56" is still a pretty big hull plus most of them that have bigger motors on them have transoms with more then one knee brace, they are at least .100" gauge and they usually have taller sides then say a 17' 52" that has a 60/40. I'm all for a small boat and a big motor but that's just to much motor for a 12' boat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil' Blue Rude, post: 346430, member: 4627"] Don't do it! One big difference between the prop and a jet motor is the prop motor has a skeg to ride down in the water when it gets on plane. the faster you go the more the hull picks up out of the water. Smaller hulls gonna come out of the water more which is fine if you have a skeg to set down in the water to keep you going straight but a jet doesn't have that and gets squirrelly when they start picking the boat up. A 17 56" is still a pretty big hull plus most of them that have bigger motors on them have transoms with more then one knee brace, they are at least .100" gauge and they usually have taller sides then say a 17' 52" that has a 60/40. I'm all for a small boat and a big motor but that's just to much motor for a 12' boat. [/QUOTE]
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