How fast is your rig?? Marsh Missiles
 

This is targeted more towards the smaller tiller handle outboards. You know the tweeked out Tahatsus, Suzuki’s, 40 mercs, ect.

What kinda engine do you run, what kinda boat, prop, pitch and engine work.


I know these guys exist because they used to pass me in Sabine Refuge doing about 45mph. :(

i used to run a 15/42 semi-v alweld with a yammy forty in sabine, it would do about 44 or so with my duck huntin gear.... it would eat the 25's.

then had a 15 marsh runner we ran with a mega 25 with 50 carbs, etc.... it had a 50 inch bottom but even with a load still ran a good 40+

they were getting 85 horsepower out of some of the 40 mercs but it was hard to find a hull that would use all the power without pounding you to death.

Sabine Refuge Race
 

Yea I was the guy with the 25, its long run to burton in a 25.

Friend has a mega pushing 60 carbs, on a 14 ft bt (don't know width) i can hear him hoping all the way down the river.

Beats my friends 16'48 express with a 60 merc on the back.


My self, i put put along with my yammy 25 doing 32.

I had a 20/36 Weldcraft with a 40 Merc. 3 cylinder for duck and alligator hunting.
It would run around 35 mph. But it was propped for carrying a load, not for speed.
I carried 3 men, hunting stuff and a big lab to the blind and had to take off in shallow water.
I also carried heavy loads for alligator season, in shallow water.
It had a tunnel hull with a skeg in it for weeds.
I never fished out of it, just hunted and sometimes when crabbing in the marshes behind Cameron.
Hurricane Rita damaged her, I got her fixed up and Ike made her vanish. I never seen her again after Ike.

Long N Skinny VS Short and Wide
 

Sounds like a marsh machine.

Ray, do you think those long skinny 20ft boats perform better than a wider 17, or 18ft in the shallow H20?

i dont think they made 60 carbs for those, he may have it at 60 HP

Lake area marine sold the 40's for a long time with mega stickers and fake serial number tags....

the game wardens in lacassine would pull the cowling and check your carbs tho....:redface:

i never did beleive he had it pushin 60 carbs. BUt it was supped up.

Fool
 

Sounds like your doing good Fool, maybe I dont need a bigger engine I just need to drop about 100lbs. Is that a 2 or 3 cyl yamme?

yep weighing only 75 lbs does wonders huh? ;)

B-Stealth, the wider bottomed boats prolly got up on plane faster, but when I was looking for a longer boat, that is all I could find. I bought it in the early 90's.
And I wanted a commercial rated boat. It had a thicker hull, more floatation and more ribs. Plus the transom was braced a little stronger. It had 2 braces between the ribs and the top of the transom.
The bad things about it was it didn't have a big casting deck and it was narrow. But at 20 ft., it had plenty of room.

correct me if i am wrong but i think the 20 foot length boats would get up shallower b/c they don't squat as bad jumpin on plane as a 15 or 16 footer. plus with the tunnel the transoms are taller, but it robbed speed..

now with mud motor tech where it is they have taken over......

From what I have noticed a longer boat the same width will get up quicker(actually wont squat as much) but a shorter wider boat will squat less than a longer skinny boat. and a longer skinny boat that has enough horsepower to lift the bow will be faster than a shorter wide boat because less drag in the water.

La I defiantly agree with you on the 15 or 16 footers, not enought length to displace the weight of the engine.

But would a wider 18 ft perform better than a skinny 20 fter. Not speed here just holeshot and shallow water performance.

Mines 15'48, bout as fat as they come. Big casting deck.


Only thing i wish i had on it was a 40 merc.

this is my boat in action.. Thats me and Bay Slayer pulling my trawl catching skrimps.. Think how fast we can go if we didnt have the trawl..

That baby can turn.
It is Wicked:smokin:

no way am i going to be the passenger on that

That is crazy insane

I have two,first one is a 1448 Weld Craft with a 2004 40 merc with 60hp carbs and a 15p ss prop.Boat runs 52 with just me in it.(I even pull out the plywood floor to run that fast),it runs 48 with me and a buddy.My other boat is 1752 Allweld with a 70hp Yamaha with 90 carbs.It sits on a homemade jackplate and the boat has a tunnel welded in.If it can float it will get on plane,takes about 4 in of water!That boat only runs 45.I need to add a tach and play with some props.