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25/20 outboard jet on a 12’ Jon?
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<blockquote data-quote="dhoganjr" data-source="post: 461916" data-attributes="member: 12925"><p>You would be better off to get a 14ft and no less than 40in bottom. A 25/20 will push it, but will be underpowered and take a bit to plane out. Keep it as light as possible. Jets push the rear of the boat to the side in turns and will put the back corners under water in hard turns on a narrow boat. I had a 15ft riveted boat with a 36in bottom I built for my first jet with a 25/20 (more like 15 maybe 16 hp). It would plane with 2 guys after about 100 yards and was very unstable. Took around 8 in to run in and had water coming over the transom frequently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dhoganjr, post: 461916, member: 12925"] You would be better off to get a 14ft and no less than 40in bottom. A 25/20 will push it, but will be underpowered and take a bit to plane out. Keep it as light as possible. Jets push the rear of the boat to the side in turns and will put the back corners under water in hard turns on a narrow boat. I had a 15ft riveted boat with a 36in bottom I built for my first jet with a 25/20 (more like 15 maybe 16 hp). It would plane with 2 guys after about 100 yards and was very unstable. Took around 8 in to run in and had water coming over the transom frequently. [/QUOTE]
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