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frugalangler:
--- Quote from: hotchkisshammer on January 01, 2017, 09:51:03 PM ---Yeah i normally feel that way too. Just feel 200 is alot of motor for a 19ft tin boat. I dont need to be the fastest guy on the lake, but i would like to hear from a few x19 owners to know what they're gettin out of whatever motor they have on theirs...
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It's not always about being the fastest boat, but having the reserve power to get out of trouble when needed. To me an under-powered boat is unsafe on big water with lots of other boats, but if you know you will only (likely not) be on small water then less could be best, but in the long run think about resale also, under-powered boats don't sell as well.
bullet20dc:
better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it. I make a bunch o cash repowering older rigs because guys make that mistake . Go with simple math. you make payments on it for say 5 years avg. the diff in 150 and 200 in total over 5 years is about 20.00 a month, The cost of repowering after you realize you made a mistake is about 10,000 and trade in. and thats not financed.
Those talons on the back affect hole shot big time. Its like taking off with drift socks out there ill u get that drag out of the water. believe me I know. I installed 2 on mine an lost about 4 seconds to get on plane.
Curt:
@frugalangler and @bullet20dc have made some great points. :nod:
frugalangler:
--- Quote from: Curt on January 02, 2017, 05:33:30 PM ---@frugalangler and @bullet20dc have made some great points. :nod:
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Been there, done that, but traded the sled rather than re-powering it - a 200 on a 21 foot glass boat just didn't work!!!
Curt:
I made the mistake of underpowering on my first bass boat. It was Tracker Pro 17. Came with a 40 HP instead of the 60 that it was rated for. Obviously on that type of boat we're not talking about 70 MPH. But even on entry level boats like that, it's still much better to buy the max the boat is rated for.
On my two other boats since then I bought the max HP for the boat. Never regretted it (nope)
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