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Legal requirements for putting ski motor in Jon.
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 380107" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>It's definitely illegal in CT, I looked it up and posted a link on a thread somewhere addressing this very topic. It's a state-by-state thing. Granted, it probably won't matter unless something goes horribly wrong and someone gets hurt, but at that point the lawyers are up your a$$ and your insurance company has bailed on you on a technicality buried in a mountain of paperwork you didn't read closely so be wary...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>NO!!!! </p><p></p><p>The HP rating is derived by the design of the bottom of the boat (hard chine, flat etc.), the position of the driver's weight in the boat (counsel steering vs. tiller), the length of the boat, the width of the transom and the height of the transom. The transom could be made of balsa wood and it wouldn't change the rating one bit. It is trying to address how much control over the boat you have at a given speed, so as far as any legalities are concerned the max HP is the max HP no matter what engine configuration you employ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 380107, member: 13702"] It's definitely illegal in CT, I looked it up and posted a link on a thread somewhere addressing this very topic. It's a state-by-state thing. Granted, it probably won't matter unless something goes horribly wrong and someone gets hurt, but at that point the lawyers are up your a$$ and your insurance company has bailed on you on a technicality buried in a mountain of paperwork you didn't read closely so be wary... NO!!!! The HP rating is derived by the design of the bottom of the boat (hard chine, flat etc.), the position of the driver's weight in the boat (counsel steering vs. tiller), the length of the boat, the width of the transom and the height of the transom. The transom could be made of balsa wood and it wouldn't change the rating one bit. It is trying to address how much control over the boat you have at a given speed, so as far as any legalities are concerned the max HP is the max HP no matter what engine configuration you employ. [/QUOTE]
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