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mini speed boats. anybody ever had one?

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recurve shooter:
mini speed boats. little 9ish foot speed boats with anywhere from a 25 to 55 horse motor on it. tiny, extreamly fast, and just plain cool. ive never seen one on the watter but i saw them on youtube and man i want one. i know some of you guys live near the watter, wondering if anyone has ever had the chance to paly with one. completely useless as far as fishing or anything, but seems like it would be awsome to scout new watter real quick like and just fun to go run for a day. look em up if ya never seen one, they just look fun. but looks like you could kill yourself quite easily in one lol.

Pat B:
I used to own an 11' Boston Whaler with a 15 hp Johnson on it. It ran pretty good.   When I was a boat mechanic on Hilton Head Is. SC we rigged a 16' Boston Whaler with a 175hp Johnson. I believe this boat was to be used to run contraband.  ::) Every boat hull has a max hull speed no matter how much hp you push it with. That whaler would run a little over 60mph but by todays standards that isn't all that fast. I went to Johnson/Evanrude OB school with a guy from Columbia SC that had a bass boat that would run over 100mph. When aske why, he said to help set the hook!  :D

cracker:
I don't know about all that but a fifteen foot jon boat with a 25hp evinrude is fast enough.Ron

mullet:
They were racing them here in town last weekend. Look up Orange Cup Regatta, Lakeland, Fl.

recurve shooter:

--- Quote from: cracker on March 10, 2011, 04:31:34 pm ---I don't know about all that but a fifteen foot jon boat with a 25hp evinrude is fast enough.Ron

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iv heard that to lol. i have the little jon boats, i just need a 35 horse.

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