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<blockquote data-quote="Old Bill" data-source="post: 20738" data-attributes="member: 252"><p>I'm not sure just how well my experience would relate...because my 14' aluminum boat is a V-bottom. Your flat bottom Jon boat should be faster.</p><p></p><p>With a 4 HP four stroke Nissan motor (I later increased the HP to 6 HP) with me and a small amount of fishing gear aboard, the boat would run only about 6.5 MPH (per GPS) because the boat wouldn't plane.</p><p></p><p>With another person near the bow the speed increased to 8.0 MPH because the boat was more level.</p><p></p><p>Just a guess on my part, but I'd say that your Jon boat would run about 10-12 MPH with the 5 HP motor.</p><p></p><p>Good luck,</p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Bill, post: 20738, member: 252"] I'm not sure just how well my experience would relate...because my 14' aluminum boat is a V-bottom. Your flat bottom Jon boat should be faster. With a 4 HP four stroke Nissan motor (I later increased the HP to 6 HP) with me and a small amount of fishing gear aboard, the boat would run only about 6.5 MPH (per GPS) because the boat wouldn't plane. With another person near the bow the speed increased to 8.0 MPH because the boat was more level. Just a guess on my part, but I'd say that your Jon boat would run about 10-12 MPH with the 5 HP motor. Good luck, Bill [/QUOTE]
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