1648 to 1652 is about the largest I would run with a 25
hairball
you should come look at our alwelds
I have an F25 on my J16 Carolina Skiff and it ain’t no speed demon, but it pushes it fine with 2 people and a full load of fishing gear, cooler etc. I just sold a 16ft. John boat with a 25 Johnson…it was faster.
John
Pathfinder 23 HPS
cayman; not looking to sell!
I have a 18 foot Polar Kraft jon boat (I added a 3/4" plywood floor) with a 25 HP 4-stroke tiller handle & it will push 2 people, 1 battery, cooler, & gear 20mph. 3 people, 2 batteries, cooler, & gear 15mph.
I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it but you might be limited by the length of your shaft (no pun intended.) I had a Yammy 25 four-stroke on a 14x36 WarEagle. It was crazy fast but I wanted to upgrade boat sizes and the shaft length wasn’t long enough to use on many of the 15+ size boats.
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I don't know if anyone's mentioned it but you might be limited by the length of your shaft
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A 1436 jon will fly with a 20-25 two stroke. I’ve no experience with the fourstrokes except on friends boats. All a little heaver and lag a sec or so coming out of the hole but after that you can’s tell the difference IMO. A quite motor is nice!!
I had a J16cc with a 25 Yami two stroke. Great with two people and a small kid. Load 3 adults and a teenager to go shrimping with all that gear and it would not plane out. I had to get a 9p prop for shrimping and ran 10.5p the rest of the time. It really needed a 30hp. 20mph off the Garmin with the shrimping prop. Just saying - an underpowered boat sux! The prop shaft 15" or 20" may well narrow down your choices. I’d way rather have smaller boat with enough engine than a larger one with not enough.
J Ford
Easy,
There is a 15 whaler for sale locally on craigslist with a bad motor
Not sure your f25 will work on that or not , but a good little boat
http://charleston.craigslist.org/boa/4392190560.html
Pursuitgang
2300TE Triton (RealTime)
1720 KeyWest 90 Johnson
1542 War Eagle with 25 yamaha two stroke tiller… 26mph on GPS by myself with full take of gas and fishing gear.
1542 WarEagle
25 Yamaha 2 stroke tiller