gotmuddy

to run the eleven point you need to be brave, a jet needs to be on plane going up shoals which means you have to be moving at least 10mph.

the spring starts about 25 miles from my house. good winter trout fishing.

always, always, always pre-mix your own oil. never trust a mechanical oil pump because unless you have a oil pressure gauge you will not know it quits until the motor locks up. IMO it sounds like the carbs need some attention

I only get 25mpg towing

Of course I am not liable if someone does something stupid, however my tdi bug has HUGE brake rotors and it stops the boat and the vehicle just fine. I am willing to bet that the brakes on that car rival the brakes of all the mini trucks for stopping force.

they will be stronger anyways.

my TDI beetle pulls my 18x36" jonboat and 9.9 just fine. you should be able to do the same or better.

I am no guide but if you want to go on a float I can put you on the fish.

the wife and I drove to the texas coast to go redfishing two years ago. Fishing for the day I will drive 1.5 hours, that puts me at the narrows if I drive slow or CC if I dont. The southfork is 10 miles away though.

mine is a 1998. I practically stole it off tradio for $600. Honest to god I was driving to town to get a loan on a brand new one when I heard it on the radio. MO titles, and never been on the white river. If you want a deal on a 9.9 you need to scour craigslist.

3 pulls on my mariner will fire it up as cold as I am willing to be out. The carbs can be tuned if need be. One of my buddies is a yamaha tech.

my mariner is a yamaha, it is a EXTREMELY reliable and durable engine. One morning I turned the corner at the mouth of the buffalo and hit a rock full speed and barely scratched the lower unit.

nice report. I wonder what the bottom width of the boat was?

try the 100mph rain suits, best I have seen.

The supreme will float in a few inches less water than your current boat, and you can take off in a foot of water and go full speed.

BPS people are like wal-mart people, low paid. You dont get enthusiasts for the most part when you pay $8-$9 an hour.

how long is the warranty on the hull?

props, no way jets could last as a rental.

I dont know when I will be able to, maybe in a year. Shawnees last forever and are great boats. BTW, what do yall use for core material?

give me a shout when you want to run up the buffalo, I will supply the 9.9

The load was 3 people and a battery. are the shawnee 48"ers really that much slower? there is an extreme distinction between nowhere near planing and planing in less than twice a boat's own length and it doesn't make sense to me that an extra 4 inches of bottom width would be responsible for that difference. To reiterate my original questions: At what speed will a 10 or 15 prop motor push a heavily loaded river jon? how big are the speed differences between say a 42 and a 48 bottom? what about one with just 2 people aboard? How much rocker does a shawnee have. I use the term planing differently than normal powerboaters do, i simply mean any normal, sustained instance of traveling faster than hull speed other than plowing. a boat with a hull speed of say 5 knots traveling at 9 to 12 knots semiplaning on its midsection instead of the stern, but reasonably level and not throwing up a huge wake Would count under my standards, and in fact is the very behaviour I am seeking. An interesting story I once read (I forget where exactly) involved a smart little stunt in Louisiana involving a restored cypress Bateux and a girl on waterskis. Apparently the 24 footer dragged the (110 lb iirc) girl onto ski at 12 knots and without towing her could make 15. the engine in question was an 8 horse Nadler inboard from the 1920s. I find this surprising but believable because I have seen video of a very similar boat with the exact same make of engine planing long before full throttle. your math is flawed. The boat is 6" wider. a 48" wide boat has a surface area 84 sq/ft, a 42" wide boat has a surface area of 73.5 sq/ft. I have a true flatbottom monark that is 18x36" and my 9.9 will gps at 17mph with a 9 pitch and 14 with two people. the same motor on my old boat wouldnt even plane out. It was a 15' x 42" fiberglass boat. I have piloted a 21x32 shawnee and a 21x48 JS boat, both with 9.9s and the speed difference is tremendous. The river boats used on the white are not planing hulls.

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Why omc? There is a reason all the trout docks run mercury's. I have been extremely happy with my 1998 mariner 9.9.

I prefer rivers to lakes. the pressure on the river is almost nil compared to the lakes, and the scenery is better.

white river boats dont plane out like a normal boat. a 15 also will come nowhere near planing with 4 people in a 48" wide boat.