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What's a good setup of an 18 foot jon boat
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<blockquote data-quote="duckfish" data-source="post: 388457" data-attributes="member: 17136"><p>Since you are in PA like me, my advice would be don't exceed the boat manufacturer's/ USCG rating plate Hp. If you are obviously over, most PFBC waterways patrolmen are going to write you a ticket, you will insurance issues, and quite possibly registration issues. I suspect that the guys that can run the high powered boats in other states also don't have our same shallow water issues, ie, VW sized rocks & boulders that will destroy your hull and sink you (quite possibly kill you) if struck at high speeds. I don't know the Allegheny at all, but my home water is the Susquehanna and I'm here to tell you, on much of the river I run, you couldn't pay me to run 30+ MPH.</p><p></p><p>I have a 19', 66" bottom boat with a 115/80. It is plenty sufficient, even with 4 guys, 2 dogs and a heavy load of duck decoys. A 90/65 on an 1860 is a fine match-up. An over-sized motor on any hull could only run skinnier if all that motor weight is somehow off-set with weight forward so the boat floats level at rest and planes level. Even with perfect balance, the more weight, the more the hull drafts at rest, so I'm not buying the "runs shallower" comment. Those are my opinions based on 15+ years of jet outboard boats here in PA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="duckfish, post: 388457, member: 17136"] Since you are in PA like me, my advice would be don't exceed the boat manufacturer's/ USCG rating plate Hp. If you are obviously over, most PFBC waterways patrolmen are going to write you a ticket, you will insurance issues, and quite possibly registration issues. I suspect that the guys that can run the high powered boats in other states also don't have our same shallow water issues, ie, VW sized rocks & boulders that will destroy your hull and sink you (quite possibly kill you) if struck at high speeds. I don't know the Allegheny at all, but my home water is the Susquehanna and I'm here to tell you, on much of the river I run, you couldn't pay me to run 30+ MPH. I have a 19', 66" bottom boat with a 115/80. It is plenty sufficient, even with 4 guys, 2 dogs and a heavy load of duck decoys. A 90/65 on an 1860 is a fine match-up. An over-sized motor on any hull could only run skinnier if all that motor weight is somehow off-set with weight forward so the boat floats level at rest and planes level. Even with perfect balance, the more weight, the more the hull drafts at rest, so I'm not buying the "runs shallower" comment. Those are my opinions based on 15+ years of jet outboard boats here in PA. [/QUOTE]
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