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Some questions about outboard jet hull sizes
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<blockquote data-quote="dhoganjr" data-source="post: 418097" data-attributes="member: 12925"><p>The most important part of a big motor is not going fast, it is having the reserve power for steering when you need it. A jets steering happens with thrust, so if it dies or you shut it off you have no steering. When you have more power most of the time you can give it extra throttle to steer out of bad situations, if you are heading towards logs, rocks, or the bank. Sometimes there is nothing you can do. If you have enough power when it gets extremely shallow, hit the throttle, bump the trim up and most of the time you can make it through (if it is gravel or sandy bottom, rocks are different). </p><p></p><p>If you takeoff hard you will need about 2 ft of water. If you take off gentle and work at it you can takeoff in 18" or less but it takes a lot of practice and cleaning rocks out of the grates to see what it is capable of. If you get the boat built with pods, they will support the weight better and the rear end won't squat as much on takeoff. </p><p></p><p>A 150 or 200 will give you enough power to back off while on plane and keep power in reserve also. I always wanted a 250 and the 200-250 Pro XS models all weigh the same, so it was an easy choice for me.</p><p></p><p>In those videos I posted there is a lot of 2-3" water I ran that day. There were a few spots that went less.</p><p> Up until the time I hit the rock I had only bumped the bottom about 3 times, and the grates only picked up 2 rocks all day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dhoganjr, post: 418097, member: 12925"] The most important part of a big motor is not going fast, it is having the reserve power for steering when you need it. A jets steering happens with thrust, so if it dies or you shut it off you have no steering. When you have more power most of the time you can give it extra throttle to steer out of bad situations, if you are heading towards logs, rocks, or the bank. Sometimes there is nothing you can do. If you have enough power when it gets extremely shallow, hit the throttle, bump the trim up and most of the time you can make it through (if it is gravel or sandy bottom, rocks are different). If you takeoff hard you will need about 2 ft of water. If you take off gentle and work at it you can takeoff in 18" or less but it takes a lot of practice and cleaning rocks out of the grates to see what it is capable of. If you get the boat built with pods, they will support the weight better and the rear end won't squat as much on takeoff. A 150 or 200 will give you enough power to back off while on plane and keep power in reserve also. I always wanted a 250 and the 200-250 Pro XS models all weigh the same, so it was an easy choice for me. In those videos I posted there is a lot of 2-3" water I ran that day. There were a few spots that went less. Up until the time I hit the rock I had only bumped the bottom about 3 times, and the grates only picked up 2 rocks all day. [/QUOTE]
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