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Balancing a 12ft Jon Boat well with oversized Outboard motor (20hp)
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<blockquote data-quote="newnick" data-source="post: 502961" data-attributes="member: 34473"><p>I bought it used, and all money is spent, can't upsize to a larger hull guys. The boat is rated for 15hp, so 5 extra is not way too much, but yes it does feel like I could get whipped out of it when I just slightly start to turn at full throttle, so I always wear a life jacket for sure. Anyways, since I can't afford a new boat to go with the motor, I just decided to seldom use max speed and drive medium speed. Anyways, I appreciate your concern, but what I really need is for you to address my first question posted rather than other things, so please read my post again and try to tell me what you know on that subject.....getting a tiller extension and sitting on middle bench instead of near transom on back bench to balance things out, but I wonder is the tiller extension going to allow me to put my seat in the middle of the mid boat bench or will I still be having to shift the seat to the right and be unbalanced. That is why I am trying to invent a PVC tiller extension that would permit me to sit in the center of the bench which will balance the boat and the only way I can imagine the tiller allowing me to to that is by keeping my body in center and tiller in center at same time which would mean I have to make a square shaped PVC attachment that goes around my body and meets the tiller at the "T" point of PVC right behind me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newnick, post: 502961, member: 34473"] I bought it used, and all money is spent, can't upsize to a larger hull guys. The boat is rated for 15hp, so 5 extra is not way too much, but yes it does feel like I could get whipped out of it when I just slightly start to turn at full throttle, so I always wear a life jacket for sure. Anyways, since I can't afford a new boat to go with the motor, I just decided to seldom use max speed and drive medium speed. Anyways, I appreciate your concern, but what I really need is for you to address my first question posted rather than other things, so please read my post again and try to tell me what you know on that subject.....getting a tiller extension and sitting on middle bench instead of near transom on back bench to balance things out, but I wonder is the tiller extension going to allow me to put my seat in the middle of the mid boat bench or will I still be having to shift the seat to the right and be unbalanced. That is why I am trying to invent a PVC tiller extension that would permit me to sit in the center of the bench which will balance the boat and the only way I can imagine the tiller allowing me to to that is by keeping my body in center and tiller in center at same time which would mean I have to make a square shaped PVC attachment that goes around my body and meets the tiller at the "T" point of PVC right behind me. [/QUOTE]
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