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#1
September 12th, 2006, 05:49 PM
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What size motor?
What size gas motor do i need for a 10' plastic jon boat?
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September 13th, 2006, 12:53 AM
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What size motor?
wrote in message ups.com... What size gas motor do i need for a 10' plastic jon boat? Probably no bigger than a 5 horse. The Briggs & Stratton 5 is a great deal. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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September 13th, 2006, 01:08 AM
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What size motor?
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What size gas motor do i need for a 10' plastic jon boat? http://www.minnkotamotors.com/produc...?pg=ftm_endura
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#4
September 13th, 2006, 01:38 AM
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What size motor?
wrote in message ups.com... What size gas motor do i need for a 10' plastic jon boat? There should be a horsepower rating plate on the boat somewhere that tells you the maximum horsepower allowed on the boat. If there's not, I wouldn't attach anything more than an electric trolling motor. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com
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#5
September 13th, 2006, 11:22 PM
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What size motor?
There's no advantage from getting one bigger than the rating tag says.
I spoke to a man at Bass Hunter boats recently who told me that people that get bigger outboards are almost always disappointed with the result. I got a 55 pound Minn Kota electric for my Bass Hunter EX, and found that it doesn't go any faster than it would with a 30 pound. I called Minn Kota, and they told me that a properly set up trolling motor will move a boat at about 5 mph, and that more power could push more boat, but not push any faster. So, I'm wasting battery for no advantage. I think I'll sell it on eBay soon and get a 30 pound. I hope this helps. John
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September 16th, 2006, 07:54 PM
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What size motor?
I would try two high performance oars LOL, A strong thrust trolling
motor would be just fine.
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#7
September 16th, 2006, 09:54 PM
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What size motor?
BIG FISH 2006 wrote:
I would try two high performance oars LOL, Don't be so quick to laugh. A couple buddies of mine fish the NYC reservoir system. One of the reasons that the fishing is insanely good, is that there's very little intelligent or sophisticated pressure, due to the boating regulations. Rowboats only. Not even electric motors. Anyway, they use the tricked out, super thin blade, cupped oars that the sculling guys use for racing. They can row over 7 mph. And these are guys that are in their 60s!
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