need help

getski

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Another boat I'm looking at is a fiberglass one(I swore I'd only get aluminum, but my wife thinks It's pretty) It's a forester 160 sport, which, according to the website I found, weighs around 1800 lbs. It has a 75 merc. The dealer says it's only rated for 80. Am I right to look at the weight and think this boat is underpowered? Or is weight the factor I should be looking at? I'm looking to fish and ski, so power is kind of important to me.
 

rickdb1boat

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Re: need help

I'm not familiar with the boat, nor do I know the year of it, but on NADA the weight of a 1991 Sport is 1875# with a 130 HP. I would have to think the 75 HP is going to be underpowered. I had a 16' Glass boat with a 65 Merc on it and it was real light. I could hit 35 MPH at best...And as you probably know, Forrester is no longer in business
 
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