🚀 go-pugleaf

I have a old 14 ft aluminum fishing boat with a 71 7.5 merc on it. The 
7.5 pushes it along just fine with me the wife and the two kids. I am 
sure a 9.9 would do nicely for a little fishing as well..

Capt Jack R..



Calif Bill wrote:

> Go for at least a 13' and 14' is better.  Weight difference between the 2 is
> about 12# and the carrying capacity is about 125-150# more.  Some alum boats
> require a long shaft and others need the short shaft.  If the transom dips
> down from the sides, requires a short shaft, if is straight across the top
> most likely requires a longshaft.  Putting a longshft on a shortshaft boat,
> will lead to a broken transom and the bow either rising all the time or
> plowing (forget which, I think it is bow rise).
> Bill
> 
> "Lloyd Sumpter" <lsumpter@dccnet.com> wrote in message
> news:v8ef7nhq34mg06@corp.supernews.com...
> 
>>Hi,
>>   (WARNING: Boating-related post!)
>>
>>   Thinking of getting a Cheap & Nasty "tinny" (12ft rivited-aluminum
>>cartopper) instead of building the garvey (no indication of when there
>>will be room to build ANYTHING in the new workshop!).
>>
>>   I want to power it with a 9.9hp 4-stroke. Sound like a good match? (It
>>has to be 4-stroke - my Lady refuses to ride in a boat spewing 2-stroke
>>smoke). Should it be long-shaft or short-shaft? If it "should" be short,
>>how bad would a long-shaft be? Lots of used 9.9hp Honda long-shafts in
>>the Buy'n'Sell.
>>
>>Lloyd Sumpter
>>"Valkyrie" Campion 18 - too big!
>>
> 
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