Well Bob.... I have seen dinghies 'plane' with a 5hp... with lighter crew,
but not before you lean well to the front and only in the calmest water
after a very long straight run and only barely up on step.... pushing more
water than planing on it.... and they won't do it with 2 people on board.
Either way to call that planing is a stretch. My 9.9hp on a 10ft Zodiac will
get hole shot in 10 feet.... and tops at 20 knots.... that's planing Bob...
that's up on step.... and it will do it in 15 feet with 2 people or twenty
feet with 4 people.

Take the picture and prove me wrong..... I don't bet online, and when
someone has to resort to a bet to prove the point it's already a lost cause
on their part. I'm callin' ya on this one.

CM


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| You heard me Bob..... a 5 hp won't put that rubber dinghy on step... you
| won't get hole shot... or it'll take you 3 football fields to do it.
| Especially at your current weight.
|
| I'll bet you ANY amount of money that you're wrong. The Quicksilver 300 is
9.10
| and will plave with me in it with the 5HP. It would not do it with a
smaller
| inflatable I suspect. It just makes 14 knots on flat water. More like 10
or 11
| typically.
| This is a great chance to see what you know, Mooron. Let's set up a good
bet
| and I'll have Suzanne snap the pics.
| I honestly did not expect it to plane with less than 7 hp. At full
throttle it
| takes about 10 seconds and leaning forward helps. Once I'm out of the hole
I
| can back off the throttle a bit, but not much.
|
| RB