Planing Dinghy
 

I hooked up my new 5hp outboard to the Quicksilver Dinghy. The dinghy is 9'10.
I was told it would probably not plane with less than 7hp...or perhaps that's
for a smaller LOA. Anyway...it planes very nicely, especially if I keep my
weight forward a bit. No way it'll plane with another person though.

RB

Planing Dinghy
 

I hooked up my new 5hp outboard to the Quicksilver Dinghy. The dinghy is
9'10.

I guess you must have been bored, because why would you put a motor on sailboat
that size? Or am I wrong in assuming it's even a sailboat?

Planing Dinghy
 

Or am I wrong in assuming it's even a sailboat?

Yes...it's an inflatable like a Zodiac

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Planing Dinghy
 

Yes...it's an inflatable like a Zodiac


Oh.

Planing Dinghy
 

you won't get it on step with a 5 hp kicker

CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| I hooked up my new 5hp outboard to the Quicksilver Dinghy. The dinghy is
9'10.
| I was told it would probably not plane with less than 7hp...or perhaps
that's
| for a smaller LOA. Anyway...it planes very nicely, especially if I keep
my
| weight forward a bit. No way it'll plane with another person though.
|
| RB

Planing Dinghy
 

you won't get it on step with a 5 hp kicker

What???


RB

Planing Dinghy
 

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.

The minimum you'll need is an 8 hp or a 9.9hp.

CM


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| you won't get it on step with a 5 hp kicker
|
| What???
|
|
| RB

Planing Dinghy
 

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

Planing Dinghy - I doubt it!
 

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

Planing Dinghy - I doubt it!
 

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.

With anyone else on board, it won't plane. Tried it. But in calm water I made
13.9 knots and tapped 14. Running her disp. she'll only do 5 or 6, then slowly
lifts up and starts skating. The motor was a freebee, so I'm not complaining. I
asked a few people and they said it would never happen, except the 300 is
fairly long with an inflatable keel.
I WILL snap a pic of it this week.

RB