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| looking for recommendations on a 9.9 , 4 stroke, for a 17 ft. lund pro-v. considering mercury pro-kicker? big foot? shaft length? | |
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| that size would work fine, but I would think on a boat of that size you could maybe go to an 8 hp. A little smaller in size too. Yamaha makes the big foot in the 8hp and that thing supposedly has a bunch of thrust to it.
Either way, I'd go long shaft. If you go short shaft, you might end up pushing more water right at the transom of the boat when in reverse, making the boat not respond anywhere near as fast...all your thrust is going at the transom.
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I am curious how you plan to steer and turn the kicker?
I have decided not to sell my boat but rather to re-rig it a bit, including a kicker. It's a 19' 2" KeyWest 1900CC with a 150 Yamaha 4 stroke. The hull is a bit on the heavy side, but built very stoutly. I am thinking of using it on Green Bay and Lake MI. I spoke to several owners of the 1900CC (in Florida) before buying mine, and most of them took the boat well offshore; one guy routinely fished Wahoo 25 miles out! He had been doing this for several years with his rig. It's a heck of a boat, but I have never taken mine offshore. However I wouldn't have any problem taking it well out into Green Bay or Lake MI.
My kicker problem is that the transom isn't wide enough to put a kicker next to the big motor--so I need to use one of the kicker brackets. I have talked to a couple dealers who both told me that the hull (transom) will take an extra 100 pounds without any difficulty whatsoever, so I was thinking of a 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke. But I don't know what the options are to steer the thing, or to control the power/shifting. Yamaha makes the thing with tilt & trim, etc.--but we are talking $4000 for the big ticket ride. That's versus about $2000 for a tiller model, but if it is mounted on the back of the hull/transom, I don't know how well the tiller will work.
Here's a picture of the back of the hull.
Any opinions?
Thanks.
TB
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 9.9 Mercury Pro Kicker. Built in trim, tough bracket, and a strong motor. | |
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| tcbetka, you can have a steering bracket installed. This connects to your larger motor so you can use your wheel. | |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | That's what I would probably do for steering, but for throttle?
Also, I obviously will have to use a bracket installation such as this one:
http://www.iboats.com/mall/index.cgi?keywords=bracket&cart_id=15734...
I was just wondering if anyone around this forum has seen these used. (Kicker motors aren't all that widely used around these parts.)
Thanks.
TB
Edited by tcbetka 1/13/2006 1:16 PM
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I just spent a couple of hours at Walleye Central, reviewing the old forums. Man--lots of great stuff in the archives. The Yamaha T8 kicker is well thought of apparently, and not too outrageously priced for the full trim, start & remote throttle package (for what you get anyways).
Anybody have one? How much transom do you need to mount the thing next to the main motor? How far apart are the two?
Thanks.
TB | |
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