"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I looked at Nitro 898 a while back, and after looking at a lot of different
boats that I'ld love to have I'm back looking at the Nitro 898.
One thing I ran across in my various questions and readi Pat Goff's
comment
once that a lot of the Nitro glass boats can be tweaked and setup to run
substantially higher than the stock numbers listed on the Nitro Boats
website. As much as 8 mph in some cases. I am wondering if that is only
with
the top HP rated motors?

Can the 898 be dialed in to run faster consistantly than its 58-61 MPH
with
the 150 HP motor?

***You can tweak and tune a Volkswagon Beetle till the cows come home but
you're still only going to get Beetle performance. Don't expect anything
different with an 898 powered by a 150.

I know I know. If fast is my goal then I should get it with the 225, but I
am going to have to look at reality and go with what I'll be able to
afford.
At less than $24K I should be able to afford it. (and add a couple $K for
upgrades to fit my circumstances) I want a 20' boat that can handle rough
water, and this is about the only one that I can afford that really falls
well in that category as a bass boat.

One comment I already got, (and have sene many times is) "If its rated for
a
225 I can't see where you would be happy with a 150."

***Allow me to make this comment. "If it's rated for a 225, I can guarantee
you won't be happy with the performance." Think about it Bob, you'd be
powering the boat with 75 less horsepower than the boat is rated for, NOW
add all of your fishing tackle (and I'd be willing to bet that adds up to a
fair amount of weight, let's say 75 pounds for sake of argument), anchor
(another 25 pounds), everything else that you normally keep in the boat
(tools, munchies, drinks, spare clothes, life jackets, etc., you're easily
looking at another 25 pounds), plus fuel, which for that boat is 50 gallons,
or roughly 300 pounds, another 300 pounds of water in the livewells.

So we're looking at easily 775 pounds just in "stuff" that you have to have
in the boat.

Now add you (let's say 225 pounds) and your beer bellied partner at 250.
That's a total of 475 pounds and we haven't had him put his gear in the
boat, which is easily going to be another 25 pounds. So we've added 1,275
pounds to a boat that already weighs in at 1,790 pounds.

You're asking a 150 hp outboard to get better performance when it's being
asked to push 3,065 pounds???? I'd be impressed as heck if it did reach 58
mph. You cannot look at stated figures, because they're always going to use
figures that don't include a full load. It's with livewells empty, 1/4 tank
of fuel, one person on board and NO gear.

Heck, even with my boat I lose 5-7 mph with full load, and that's powered by
a 250!

Get decent performance from a 150 powered 20 footer? I don't think so my
friend.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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