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Started by rooster57, February 01, 2017, 08:39:28 PM

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rooster57

 :help: I'm new here, I've got a 18'x7 glass baycraft with a fantail had a 115 but,blew up. Don't know if it wil hold a 200 ocean runner all new transom with1/4 alumni.plate in and out. She sits low as it is. Help,any info!! Thanks..

Bud Kennedy

If this is the boat I think it is then the max HP is listed at 150HP.  There should be a plate on the boat that gives you that information.  I see that a 115 is common for this boat.  I agree that a 115 might be a bit light for a hull of that size but being a flats boat I guess speed is not a real big thing usually because the hull design would flat beat you up at just about any speed in any size of rough water.

Oldfart9999

If it doesn't have the plate Bud mentioned then go to the manufacturer and find out or you can spec it from Google. The Coast Guard takes a very dim view on overpowering a boat.
Rodney
Old Fishermen never die, their rods just go limp.