10 foot flat bottom motor question

I got a 10'x39" flat bottom with a v nose rated for 5 horse, will it handle my 9 1/2 Johnson? Should I trade the 9/12 for a 5 horse? Will this v nose take away the stability of a traditional flat bottom? I don't know much about these little boats only ever been on an 8ft jon boat. The bulk of my boating was in ski boats. Thanks guys for any help or suggestions.

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Those little boats are unstable because they are so narrow.I wouldn't run a 9.9.My light Gamefisher 5HP is to much for my 10 footer.

Your boat is a foot wider than Ben's, so you may be just a little more stable? But still 9 1/2 may be a little much for it. I have ran my 7.5 Ted Williams on my 1031, it gets pretty dang fast, pretty dang quick.... And makes the steering VERY sensitive. If you do run the 9 1/2 on it don't forget to wear your life jacket. As far as the v-bow being less stable than a square bow I can't help you there, that's why the ? is at the end of the first sentence.

just stay out of the throttle and you'll be fine. not going over a half throttle would be close to a 5hp wide open wouldnt it?

if you do decide to trade i got a nice little 3hp we can trade for :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

the v-nose are more tippy but its not like a canoe. as long as yall arnt dancin around on top of the seats you'll be good. it does take alittle practice to properly take a leak off the side though :lol:

Loggerhead Mike said:

just stay out of the throttle and you'll be fine. not going over a half throttle would be close to a 5hp wide open wouldnt it?

if you do decide to trade i got a nice little 3hp we can trade for :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

the v-nose are more tippy but its not like a canoe. as long as yall arnt dancin around on top of the seats you'll be good. it does take alittle practice to properly take a leak off the side though :lol:

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I would go ahead and use the 9.5hp maybe reinforce the transom if needed.

PFD and kill switch if you decide to make that decision.

Thanks for the replies! I ran into some running issues yesterday and after 10 hours of beating my head against the wall, I'm an outboard mechanic. Had bad fuel pump, gunked up carb, and wasted water pump. Fuel pump was a little tricky to rebuild but got figured out. Now It runs like a champ. My new concern is that people have told me that I can jump this little motor to 15 horse with a carb change. I don't know if it's that simple but I have a newer style carb and fuel pump and this little motor screams!! I put a manual Tach on the flywheel and its twisting just under 7000 Rpms!! I think some ones done some work to this motor, and I'm starting to shy away from putting it on this little boat. I found a three horse and I'll probably save this 9 1/2 for the 14' I want :lol:

As far as a life jacket, I always wear one even when I look like a fool ( I swim like a stone). And I'm gonna wire in a kill switch to attach to me just incase I do run this motor but probably gonna run trolling motor for now. Going to the lake in 1/2 hour. Thanks again guys for the replies.