Guys,

what size kicker motor could get a 19ft aluminum boat (1400 lbs, 14
degree hull) on plane? (Dont ask why)

Your comments and experience appreciated

Matt

The Mercury Verado will do it.
Here is a link to the Mercury page:
http://www.mercuryverado.com/indexFlash.html
You might even achieve Warp Speeds with it.

"Matt Lang" wrote in message
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Guys,

what size kicker motor could get a 19ft aluminum boat (1400 lbs, 14
degree hull) on plane? (Dont ask why)

Your comments and experience appreciated

Matt

Who knows? but your main motor may give you some idea.If you have a 40 and
it easily planes and goes fast, say 40, then maybe something a lot smaller?
You didn't give a lot of info. My guess would be something like 15-25 hp?

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Ron White

I would look at a 10hp high torque model.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Matt Lang" wrote in message
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Guys,

what size kicker motor could get a 19ft aluminum boat (1400 lbs, 14
degree hull) on plane? (Dont ask why)

Your comments and experience appreciated

Matt

My 18.6 foot sailboat at 1200 pounds has a 6 hp outboard as it's auxiliary.

"Matt Lang" wrote in message
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Guys,

what size kicker motor could get a 19ft aluminum boat (1400 lbs, 14
degree hull) on plane? (Dont ask why)

Your comments and experience appreciated

Matt

On Sat, 22 May 2004 18:49:22 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

My 18.6 foot sailboat at 1200 pounds has a 6 hp outboard as it's auxiliary

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That's fine for your boat but the question was "how much horsepower is
needed to get on plane?".

The real question is how much horsepower to you need to be happy with
the boats performance. My guess is that lightly loaded and with one
person aboard you could probably get the boat to plane with about 25
hp. To be able to plane consistently with more than one person,
reasonable fuel, and a fair amount of gear, you'd probably be happier
with 50 to 90 hp.

Also Sprach Matt Lang :
Guys,

what size kicker motor could get a 19ft aluminum boat (1400 lbs, 14
degree hull) on plane? (Dont ask why)

I have an 18hp kicker that can't quite plane my 19' fiberglass boat.

Dan

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