Lucky you, my dinghy never plans anything.

Seahag

"Navigator" wrote in message
...
My Rhib planes with just me aboard with 5HP no problem. I'm 6'4" and
weigh 210.

Cheers



Capt. Mooron wrote:
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
...
| 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