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10-22-2009, 03:04 PM
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How fast is your rig?? Marsh Missiles
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. 
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#2
10-22-2009, 03:14 PM
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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.
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#3
10-22-2009, 03:17 PM
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Sabine Refuge Race
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#4
10-22-2009, 03:24 PM
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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.
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#5
10-22-2009, 03:26 PM
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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.
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#6
10-22-2009, 03:35 PM
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Long N Skinny VS Short and Wide
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Ray, do you think those long skinny 20ft boats perform better than a wider 17, or 18ft in the shallow H20?
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#7
10-22-2009, 03:36 PM
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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.... 
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#8
10-22-2009, 03:39 PM
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i never did beleive he had it pushin 60 carbs. BUt it was supped up.
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#9
10-22-2009, 03:40 PM
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Fool
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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?
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10-22-2009, 03:52 PM
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10-22-2009, 03:52 PM
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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.
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#12
10-22-2009, 04:03 PM
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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......
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#13
10-22-2009, 04:07 PM
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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.
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#14
10-22-2009, 04:11 PM
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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.
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#15
10-22-2009, 04:25 PM
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Mines 15'48, bout as fat as they come. Big casting deck.
Only thing i wish i had on it was a 40 merc.
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#16
10-23-2009, 07:29 PM
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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..
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#18
10-23-2009, 07:53 PM
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no way am i going to be the passenger on that
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#19
10-23-2009, 09:30 PM
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That is crazy insane
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#20
10-24-2009, 02:35 AM
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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.
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