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MAX bottom width for 60/40?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tbradley" data-source="post: 419660" data-attributes="member: 9883"><p>I'm back to looking at boats again and need some advice. Boat is definitely going to be an Alweld 16-17ft, 52"-60" wide, square nose flat bottom and pretty sure I can get it in .080" to save some weight. The motor is going to be a Merc 60/40 four stroke or Evinruede Etec 60/40, tiller steer. About 95% sure I'd like to get a jet tunnel and float pods also. I'm thinking I could get the boat to weight in around 325-375lbs by going with the .080" thick hull and need to be able to plane a max of 4 average people (estimate around 750lbs). I know wider is good for floating higher and running shallow, but only if you have the HP to get it on plane. I've also been told by a few dealers that 52" is a good size for the 60/40, but we didn't really talk about 56" or maybe stretching to 60", which 60" may be out of the question (too wide). </p><p></p><p>So with this info what would be the MAX bottom width I could go with?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tbradley, post: 419660, member: 9883"] I'm back to looking at boats again and need some advice. Boat is definitely going to be an Alweld 16-17ft, 52"-60" wide, square nose flat bottom and pretty sure I can get it in .080" to save some weight. The motor is going to be a Merc 60/40 four stroke or Evinruede Etec 60/40, tiller steer. About 95% sure I'd like to get a jet tunnel and float pods also. I'm thinking I could get the boat to weight in around 325-375lbs by going with the .080" thick hull and need to be able to plane a max of 4 average people (estimate around 750lbs). I know wider is good for floating higher and running shallow, but only if you have the HP to get it on plane. I've also been told by a few dealers that 52" is a good size for the 60/40, but we didn't really talk about 56" or maybe stretching to 60", which 60" may be out of the question (too wide). So with this info what would be the MAX bottom width I could go with? Thanks! Tom [/QUOTE]
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