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Transom stress concerns with bigger motor
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<blockquote data-quote="acabtp" data-source="post: 364491" data-attributes="member: 5368"><p>there is no chance that lowe will tell you that putting anything more than a 25 on there is ok. that would totally open themselves up to liability if you hurt yourself or someone else.</p><p></p><p>you should go over to https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2002-title33-vol2/pdf/CFR-2002-title33-vol2-sec183-43.pdf and take a look at the actual law and formula for calculating outboard capacity. they are not suggestions. since your boat is a 15' it is not eligible for special consideration and a performance test to determine the limit; it must use the listed formula, so the only way to increase your limit would be to make the boat longer, widen the transom, or make the transom more than 20" tall and add remote steering (if it's not already).</p><p></p><p>yeah, it would be def be fun, but so is running no exhaust and drag slicks on the street. similarly, it's an easy excuse for any cop/ranger/coastie to give you the hassle of a ticket whenever he felt like it (assuming he doesn't beach his boat trying to catch you haha).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="acabtp, post: 364491, member: 5368"] there is no chance that lowe will tell you that putting anything more than a 25 on there is ok. that would totally open themselves up to liability if you hurt yourself or someone else. you should go over to https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2002-title33-vol2/pdf/CFR-2002-title33-vol2-sec183-43.pdf and take a look at the actual law and formula for calculating outboard capacity. they are not suggestions. since your boat is a 15' it is not eligible for special consideration and a performance test to determine the limit; it must use the listed formula, so the only way to increase your limit would be to make the boat longer, widen the transom, or make the transom more than 20" tall and add remote steering (if it's not already). yeah, it would be def be fun, but so is running no exhaust and drag slicks on the street. similarly, it's an easy excuse for any cop/ranger/coastie to give you the hassle of a ticket whenever he felt like it (assuming he doesn't beach his boat trying to catch you haha). [/QUOTE]
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