1.7 mph.. wow .. thats slow..
I've been giving this gobs of thoughts....
why couldn't i build basically a wall/box ..? 16 foot long ..6 foot wide.
and ten inches deep.
build a motor mount. set up a post for throttle and stick/wheel ?
and a containment rail around it.. ta da ! simplest thing i...
must be me :)
but i seem to be getting slower and slower ....
i just putt putt on the river and lake...
hardly even try to get her up on plane...
i like my mercury bigfoot 25 so much..
I'm thinking of trading in a extra motor ihave... for a yamaha 9.9 T (high thrust)..
25" shaft....
just...
why ?
decking a boat .. whats wrong with leaving it as it is ?
i don't see the advantages.. maybe a little more room ... but ?
i don't know.
as big as i am . over six foot and pushing 280#.. i don't want to get on top of anything.
:)
i got to look at a tracker grizzly 1448 yeasterday in omaha ne..
it had a mercury 9.9 on it . and new trailer 5.600.00
$
is that a good deal ? looked like a sweet boat.........