Re: Tri-Hull Boats
Hey Reelfishin, take a look at my avitar, look familiar?
I am planning to get it in the water this weekend. I hope it rides as nice as you say. Guess I am a bit over powered with the 115 on it, even though it is rated for 135.
Your avitar looks like the one I just got.
I wouldn't worry about being overpowered, it's just that they're light boats and don't need much to get up and on plane. I gutted mine to make it even lighter, so yours may well need more power to 'feel' right. I have a good 90 hp V4 that I can use if needed, as well as 135hp. The way I see it, if your hanging a V4, there's no more weight in a 135 than in a 90 or 115, so why not. But I doubt I'd ever use that extra power for what I am doing with that boat. I'm sure the ride quality could be severely compromised to say the least at the speeds that 135hp I have would push that boat too. I have no doubt that boat would hit 50 or better with the 135 hp V4, and at that speed, it would most likely beat you near to death in some choppy water.
I was in a Glastron trihull, about a 1970 or so, which was powered by a 140 Evinrude V4, on a windy day in the bay, the driver had no comprehension of what he was doing to that boat. He ran it full throttle all day slamming every wave he crossed. The seats were caving in under us and I have no doubt that boat hit 50+ that day. More than once, the prop came out of the water as the boat jumped from swell to swell.
It wouldn't have mattered what type of hull at that speed but the trihull effect was no doubt evident in that case.
The Glastron had no where's near the free board that the Starcraft has either.
