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A newbie in need of advice... UPDATED! Got everything now!
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<blockquote data-quote="satx78247" data-source="post: 355211" data-attributes="member: 11019"><p>Kismet; haute,</p><p></p><p>Btw, my FDE12 Johnson 18HP ES outboard weighs exactly 83.5 pounds (the 15HP Johnny weighs about the same) & any similar 12-15 horse Johnnyrude, properly "trimmed-out", will send your 14ft LOWE across the lake at "an acceptable rate" & with ONE adult aboard it will "go like a streak".</p><p></p><p>NOTE: IF it was my boat, I'd look for/buy a 15HP GALE Model 15DL15B, as that OB has "certain improvements" that the Johnson & Evinrude did NOT have in 1963.</p><p>or </p><p>the Sea King Model GG-18802A </p><p>(That's the Montgomery Ward "clone" of the 15DL15B, except for NAME/COLOR.)</p><p></p><p>The GALE & SEA KING "often sell for" about 1/2 to 2/3 of the "usual price" for a Johnson/Evinrude, in the same condition, as "collectors" often see the GALE & SEA KING as "off-brand stuff".</p><p></p><p>To "haute": You may find that locating your 6-gallon gas tank FORWARD of the middle seat will make your boat "trim out & plane" BETTER, regardless of other issues. = That just takes a LONGER piece of gas-line from tank to OB.</p><p></p><p>just my opinion, satx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satx78247, post: 355211, member: 11019"] Kismet; haute, Btw, my FDE12 Johnson 18HP ES outboard weighs exactly 83.5 pounds (the 15HP Johnny weighs about the same) & any similar 12-15 horse Johnnyrude, properly "trimmed-out", will send your 14ft LOWE across the lake at "an acceptable rate" & with ONE adult aboard it will "go like a streak". NOTE: IF it was my boat, I'd look for/buy a 15HP GALE Model 15DL15B, as that OB has "certain improvements" that the Johnson & Evinrude did NOT have in 1963. or the Sea King Model GG-18802A (That's the Montgomery Ward "clone" of the 15DL15B, except for NAME/COLOR.) The GALE & SEA KING "often sell for" about 1/2 to 2/3 of the "usual price" for a Johnson/Evinrude, in the same condition, as "collectors" often see the GALE & SEA KING as "off-brand stuff". To "haute": You may find that locating your 6-gallon gas tank FORWARD of the middle seat will make your boat "trim out & plane" BETTER, regardless of other issues. = That just takes a LONGER piece of gas-line from tank to OB. just my opinion, satx [/QUOTE]
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