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DeadPhan



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Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor
#22076800 - 08/11/15 02:54 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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So I bought a 36 foot houseboat. Ive got one friend whos lived and worked on water his whole life. Hes 67. He told me as long as the water is calm I can putt around on a 6hp. Im basically just gonna be down river where it stays reall calm amd move it every few days and be able to get to the dock but otherwise gonna anchor. He says I wont be going fast but it will certainly do. Another friend saying no way. We threw a 6hp on the otherday that was running on one cylinder. It definitly moved it. My one friend saying no way doesnt have as much experience. I told him im not trying to go fast. Also gonna sign up for seatow which is a.service where they will tow if you break down. Im also saving.up for a dock slip. I just need to be able to put around slow for until then. What say you?
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: DeadPhan]
#22076975 - 08/11/15 03:34 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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A 36 foot houseboat with a 6 HP outboard? Yeah it'll move it. So will an oar.
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: zappaisgod]
#22077005 - 08/11/15 03:39 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I lived on a "house boat" I made out of a flat-bottom for a couple months.
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: DeadPhan]
#22077025 - 08/11/15 03:44 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Lol if you Google around you'll see house boats of that size are equipped with 10x that horsepower. Common sense tells me the only way that motor is going to move you is if you're heading down stream. Seems like it'd be a losing battle to go upstream.
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: Shroomslip]
#22077065 - 08/11/15 03:55 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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A 6HP will move that boat. But rivers have very changing conditions and you could find yourself in a dangerous situation, or get long term stranded if you have to stay in the safe backwater area.
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: Brian Jones]
#22077094 - 08/11/15 04:04 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Shoot, even Alan Jacksons 18ft had a 75 Johnson
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: Brian Jones]
#22077147 - 08/11/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Brian Jones said: A 6HP will move that boat. But rivers have very changing conditions and you could find yourself in a dangerous situation, or get long term stranded if you have to stay in the safe backwater area.
 a six is way too small for that unless you keep it on a bass pond. I would say 15 hp minimum for a river...and that will be barely enough to move you upstream let alone do any travelling. Is this a pontoon boat?
I have a 60 horse on my 17' skiff and a 140 on my 19 foot cuddy.
36 feet is a lot of water resistance.
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DeadPhan



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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: Thayendanegea]
#22085421 - 08/13/15 09:03 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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These rivers have very little current. They are like tributary rivers that feed into the bay.
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Re: Any boat people? Just bought a.boat. Wana know if I can putt around with a certain motor [Re: DeadPhan]
#22085467 - 08/13/15 09:17 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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man id bump up to atleast a 25. I got a 25 HP 1968 johnson seahorse for the first boat I ever owned for $35 in like 2007 or something. I thought it was a pos that would never run but it was actually pretty reliable and fun to tinker on. 6hp is basically a trolling motor but some lakes by me you can only go up to 9.5hp and ive seen some people with big ass pontoons millin around
Edited by CHeifM4sterDiezL (08/13/15 09:19 AM)
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