GarageGuy42
Seaman
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2002
- Messages
- 58
Re: Horsepower help . . . or how do i get my butt out of the water?
Everyone on this board has made some very useful points. It sounds to much like rocket science to me if all you want to do is ski. If you are going to be teaching larged frame people to ski you will need the hp. I would say no less than 150hp. Teaching someone without a clue to ski in a large heavy boat can be murderous. I taught a lot of kids to ski on a 16' alum fishing boat with an 18hp johnson and was very effective. very nimble on the constant turnarounds and not much of a wake to deal with. I have skied 4 exp. in 165hp i/o without much problem once out of the water, to me that is the key.<br />Just putting in my 1/2 cent because I'm new to the board
Everyone on this board has made some very useful points. It sounds to much like rocket science to me if all you want to do is ski. If you are going to be teaching larged frame people to ski you will need the hp. I would say no less than 150hp. Teaching someone without a clue to ski in a large heavy boat can be murderous. I taught a lot of kids to ski on a 16' alum fishing boat with an 18hp johnson and was very effective. very nimble on the constant turnarounds and not much of a wake to deal with. I have skied 4 exp. in 165hp i/o without much problem once out of the water, to me that is the key.<br />Just putting in my 1/2 cent because I'm new to the board
I also will be getting a different pitch prop to help get the boat going alittle quicker. Also for the record, as my name states, I am 6'8" 225#