9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

[bannerd]

I took the boat out a few weekends ago with a few friends and it was fun, caught a lot of fish. This weekend I wanted to go fishing but everyone was to busy so I decided to go alone. I started going and the boat started to plane like crazy. I changed the tilt on the motor and I was still planning. The boat is a Discovery aluminum boat and is pretty light weight, I can't WOT the boat because I just gets airborne and weee.

Anyone else ran into this situation? I know I was planning a lot better with the extra bodies on the boat but when I'm alone... meh. Thinking about putting weights in the front of it or something.

 

[Baylinercapri1987]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

Options I see are large cement anchor up front + all gear, live Bait tank up front, Smart-tabs trimtabs, bow mount trolling motor with batteries up front.... hydra-foil might help a little if anything... Maybe a extension on the tiller so you can sit further up in the boat...

 

[sv fisherman]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

Do you mean porpoising? Planing is when it levels out and goes fast. Porpoising is the front going up and down.

 

[fishrdan]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

Throw some weight up into the bow and see how it does. I have 100+# of stuff in the middle of my 14' john and it balances out nice.

 

[sparkncarl]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

Take an old broom handle and tape it to your throttle so you can sit up front....lol. Sorry, couldn't resist !

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

Take an old broom handle and tape it to your throttle so you can sit up front....lol. Sorry, couldn't resist !

They actually make tiller extension handles so you can sit further away that are safer than a broom handle

 

[Shizzy]

Re: 9.9 evinrude on a 14ft boat.

do you have a trolling motor? a deep cycle battery up front will keep the nose down.

Or I could trade you for my 6HP Johnson........