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LeBlanc's Boat Works in Erath builds some NICE boats. Mr. Bubba can build you any kind of boat you want and will do it to any specs you need.
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I run a 16x42 with a 25hp tohatsu and i love it!! I would've liked the extra 2' but didnt think I'd get the performance with a 25. During duck season I'll load 4 guys, 5 doz dekes, and my 80 lb lab with gear and get up on step in 1 1/2' water easy, if the muds soft i can do it in 1'.
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Shawn Braquet, i know i'm several years late on this convo but i was searching for the other boats like the one i ordered today from Lake Area marine and i came across this forum. I ordered a 16'x42" Alweld with a jackplate and 13 pitch Powertech Prop with cup in it on a 2015 25hp Tohatsu 4 stroke, with what Alweld calls a performance Tunnel which is about a 3" tunnel. My questions are, is your boat a tunnel or flat bottom? How do you like that set up with the Tohatsu, and also how come i don't see tunnel hulls with skegs welded in them anymore?
My first boat i bought 20 years ago Karl Styron built it...it was a 17'x36" tunnel made out of 1/8th"/ .125 gauge with a skeg in it with a 2 stroke Merc 25.....When fishing the Big Burns in it, it literally would go ANYWHERE i wanted floating turf didn't matter i could go anywhere except cross the highway ....lol Why don't you see tunnels with skegs around? |
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I have a the same 17X36 Karl Stryon, your talking about. I think the surface drives have reduced the need for deep tunnels with skegs. Outboards can run pretty shallow but they can't run shallow with lots of vegatation; that's where the mudmotors shine.
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Also is anyone familiar with the 25 tohatsu 4 stroke conversion to the 30?
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