6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

[bare essential]

i have a 14' jon boat and i'm about to put a 1979 johnson 6horse on it. do u think this motor is sufficiant? any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

on a lake it will be fine, middle of the St Johns in Jax, not.

 

[bare essential]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

well i'm going to be running it on the sante fe and suwannee rivers ... u think it will be ok?

 

[jbjennings]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

How much do you weigh? How heavy is your boat? When I was 13, I had a 3.9hp mercury that would plane me in a 14ft., 36" duracraft. A 6hp johnson was just awesome. However, I weigh almost twice as much now and a 6hp johnson would have to really be running nice to even think about getting me up on plane (I weigh about 225 lbs.). My 7.5hp evinrude will plane me in my 14 foot duracraft, but just barely.
Hope this helps,
JBJ

 

[bare essential]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

i weigh 157 lbs. and the boat is like 140-220 .

 

[ezeke]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

You can push it fairly well with a 5 pitch prop; you won't get a high top end, but it will handle OK.

Prop would be #386587 - sea-way.com might have one.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: 6 horse johnson on a 14'boat?

A lake yes, on a great lake...No.