On Nov 6, 12:45?pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message

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"Paul G." wrote in message
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I have a 12' fiberglass boat that is rated for "up to 14 hp". What's
a practical size outboard for this boat? Should I go for the max or
what? Thanks,
-Paul

I've got a 14' aluminum yacht rated for 25 hp, but my motor's 15 hp. I
can hit 22 mph on flat water with two adults on board. The boat itself
weighs about 400 lbs. Check your boat's weight and that should give you a
useful guideline.

Also consider who will be in the boat much of the time. I often fish
alone, and my motor's a tiller model. So, I'm in the stern along with the
battery. That raises the bow (affecting visibility) under certain
conditions and no amount of motor angle adjustment helps. I usually put a
couple of 50 lb sandbags in the bow. Even so, this nixed the idea of
upgrading to 25 hp a few years back. That, and the fact that flat water
almost never happens around here.

A while back here, people would buy a 9.9 hp outboards to avoid the need
to license their boat.
I have a 25 hp on a 14' 6" aluminum boat now and found the licensing
procedure to be free and relatively painless.

I don't know if licensing is related to horsepower here, but there's one
lake where there's a 10 hp limit. My dealer has repeatedly offered to get me
a different decal for my motor, since (according to him), the only diff
between the 10 and the 15 hp motors is the carb.- Hide quoted text -

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I'd be very very careful about doing business with anybody so
nonchalant about violating the law. How will you know he hasn't
swtiched the decal on something he sells you?