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Repower 1973 Currituck 16
Tugboat54	#1  Posted on 05/22/18 - 12:47 PM
Member Posts: 6 Comments: 0 Joined: 05/15/18	long story short, looking to replace bad lower unit engine (1988 Johnson 100V4 2 stroke) with a four stroke Honda 40 to fish around Point Loma Kelp, La Jolla Kelp and in and around Mission and San Diego Bay. Im getting a great deal on the Honda and will eventually thro a 75 Yamaha four stroke on it in the future. Mostly fishing with my 12 year old son or another passenger or two... Opinions??? Will the 40 four stroke do the job?
Weatherly	#2  Posted on 05/23/18 - 3:47 AM
Member Posts: 752 Comments: 4 Joined: 12/31/06	Yes, the 1973 Boston Whaler Currituck 16 boat has a factory minimum horsepower rating of 35 hp. I remember seeing many years ago on Cape Cod a Boston Whaler Montauk 16 that was powered with a 40 hp Honda. The guy did not win any speed races but he always had a smile on his face at the end of the day when you asked him how much (little) fuel he consumed. Matthew Plunkett, the author of the book, Unsinkable: The History of Boston Whaler, found 4 photographs of a Boston Whaler Currituck 16 boat powered with a Johnson 40 hp outboard motor. One of the photographs shows the boat on plane with 3 persons onboard. The photographs are posted on Matt's f/b page, date 26 Oct 2017. Caveat: The boat may have difficulty getting on plane with a Honda 40 HP four-stroke outboard if your passenger and cargo load exceeds @ 650 lbs. Edited by Weatherly on 05/23/18 - 12:17 PM