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[QUOTE] - 10/3/2001  8:25 AM

Recently, I had the pleasure of fishing with Bob Jensen of Fishing the Midwest.

Due to contractural agreements, we had to fish from his 18' Alumacraft powered by a 130 hp Honda.  I was impressed with the quietness of the outboard, Bob says that the fuel consumption is VERY minimal but I wasn't impressed with the performance of the boat/outboard combination.

I thought that the boat was very slow getting on plane, even thought it wasn't heavily loaded.  Part of this I feel is due to the fact that 4 stroke engines don't rev up as fast as 2 strokers do.  It's the sudden burst of rpm's/power that get the boat on plane quickly.  Maybe it was the way the boat was propped, I don't know.  All I know is that it didn't jump on plane like I thought it should and it wasn't fast either.

My opinion, go with the max horsepower in a 2 stroke outboard.  Also, go with the bigger boat.   You know as well as I do that you NEVER have enough space in a boat, regardless of how big it is.  I have a 19' boat and am thinking about a 20 or 21.  I think that if you downsize the boat, you're going to be kicking yourself sometime in the near future.  That hurts [:praise:]

Good luck in whatever decision you make and keep us posted.

Steve @ G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods.  http://www.herefishyfishy.com [/QUOTE]

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Posted 10/3/2001 8:25 AM (#11110)
Subject: Can you justify NOT maxing out HP?

Recently, I had the pleasure of fishing with Bob Jensen of Fishing the Midwest.

Due to contractural agreements, we had to fish from his 18' Alumacraft powered by a 130 hp Honda. I was impressed with the quietness of the outboard, Bob says that the fuel consumption is VERY minimal but I wasn't impressed with the performance of the boat/outboard combination.

I thought that the boat was very slow getting on plane, even thought it wasn't heavily loaded. Part of this I feel is due to the fact that 4 stroke engines don't rev up as fast as 2 strokers do. It's the sudden burst of rpm's/power that get the boat on plane quickly. Maybe it was the way the boat was propped, I don't know. All I know is that it didn't jump on plane like I thought it should and it wasn't fast either.

My opinion, go with the max horsepower in a 2 stroke outboard. Also, go with the bigger boat. You know as well as I do that you NEVER have enough space in a boat, regardless of how big it is. I have a 19' boat and am thinking about a 20 or 21. I think that if you downsize the boat, you're going to be kicking yourself sometime in the near future. That hurts [:praise:]

Good luck in whatever decision you make and keep us posted.

Steve @ G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods. http://www.herefishyfishy.com