jafitzwater
Seaman Apprentice
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- Jun 10, 2013
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I have an 87 20hp johnson j20crcur and it is currently hooked up to a 1962 14 ft starcraft fiberglass fishing boat not sure 100% of the model boat due to custom work done to it.
Anyways I took it out for the first time yesterday and it will not get the boat to plane. Im not sure if the motor is just not strong enough or if the trim is not set right or even if the motor is hitting full throttle.
We had 3 adults on the boat each weighing around 170. And light tackle.
Just curious if this motor is underpowered for the weight we have in the boat or if it should move it just fine and I need to tweak trim, throttle etc.
What are your thoughts? Thanks a ton
Im running on mobile web so I can't put up pics yet.
Anyways I took it out for the first time yesterday and it will not get the boat to plane. Im not sure if the motor is just not strong enough or if the trim is not set right or even if the motor is hitting full throttle.
We had 3 adults on the boat each weighing around 170. And light tackle.
Just curious if this motor is underpowered for the weight we have in the boat or if it should move it just fine and I need to tweak trim, throttle etc.
What are your thoughts? Thanks a ton
Im running on mobile web so I can't put up pics yet.