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| 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 | |
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