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[QUOTE]Glaucus_ - 6/7/2016  1:31 PM

For what it's worth, I recently upgraded from a T9.9 to an F15 on a different boat. I found the F15 to be noticeably quieter when trolling at 3-4mph because it's running at mid-range rpms rather than wide open. It's only 1-2mph faster top-end, but it accelerates quite a bit more quickly from a stop, and has reserve available for "bursts" out of sharp turns - this is due to simple horsepower but also prop characteristics since the prop is smaller and has meaningful pitch for forward motion. The flipside of that coin is it has a harder time stopping/reversing the boat quickly; the T9.9 was better for this due to a larger diameter prop with very flat pitch.
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Posted 6/7/2016 1:31 PM (#819680 - in reply to #819520)
Subject: Re: Skeeter WX2000T owners

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The WX2000T is a truly great fishing boat when paired with the F150. As mentioned already, the F115 is right on the bottom edge of things. It's fine if you're mostly fishing rivers or small/medium lakes; less so if you're fishing larger waters where rough conditions require you to be able to get up quickly and have power available so you can work the throttle. If you get one with an F115, find a way to get at least some steering assist as that's still a lot of motor to run by hand.
I also really liked the performance I got from having a T9.9 kicker when I owned that rig; however, mine was with an F150 and with an F115 I'd skip the kicker to save weight and use the big motor to troll.

For what it's worth, I recently upgraded from a T9.9 to an F15 on a different boat. I found the F15 to be noticeably quieter when trolling at 3-4mph because it's running at mid-range rpms rather than wide open. It's only 1-2mph faster top-end, but it accelerates quite a bit more quickly from a stop, and has reserve available for "bursts" out of sharp turns - this is due to simple horsepower but also prop characteristics since the prop is smaller and has meaningful pitch for forward motion. The flipside of that coin is it has a harder time stopping/reversing the boat quickly; the T9.9 was better for this due to a larger diameter prop with very flat pitch.