Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Engine Wt
Posted by boopete on 05/06/08 - 7:30 PM
#1
Does anyone know if 135 Honda 4 stroke is to heavy for a 17 super Sport. It weighs 532 and I know it is 35hp over, however it is a great buy. thanks
Posted by Tom W Clark on 05/06/08 - 8:51 PM
#2
Never mind the power, that motor is MUCH too heavy for the boat. Don't even think about it.
Posted by joninnj on 05/06/08 - 8:53 PM
#3
Auh.... yeah too heavy, probably by 150 lbs. And yes over powered. I would not go out in the water with a rig like this..
Very Bad...:o
Posted by wrangler on 05/07/08 - 8:59 AM
#4
Boston Whaler and all the other boat builders had to go by the USCG Code of Federal Regulations about overpowering. It states 100 for a reason.
The boat was unsafe at any motor above it.
Your insurance will become invalid, you just gave the company an out, by overpowering.
It is illegal, any marine patrol or USCG will stop you and thats a voyage termination, it ends where they find you.
Please go by the Whaler specs. The law is written in blood, someone had to get hurt or killed to make a law, someone elses, but do not let it be yours.
Posted by boopete on 05/08/08 - 7:38 PM
#5
Guys, I knew the answer, I was just hoping someone would talk me into it. Hard to defend the wrong position. Thanks
Posted by Tom W Clark on 05/08/08 - 8:59 PM
#6
boopete,
Yes, I think you've come to the correct conclusion.
Posted by Tom W Clark on 05/08/08 - 9:09 PM
#7
wrangler wrote:
Boston Whaler and all the other boat builders had to go by the USCG Code of Federal Regulations about overpowering. It states 100 for a reason.
The boat was unsafe at any motor above it.
Your insurance will become invalid, you just gave the company an out, by overpowering.
It is illegal, any marine patrol or USCG will stop you and thats a voyage termination, it ends where they find you.
Please go by the Whaler specs. The law is written in blood, someone had to get hurt or killed to make a law, someone elses, but do not let it be yours.
wranlger,
You are totally wrong about much of what you have written. I do not think of the 16/17 foot Whalers as unsafe with 115 HP motors. Indeed, many of them are powered with motors of that size or even more.
A boaters owner's insurance will NOT necessarily become invalid if the boat is overpowered. Many insurance companies insure overpowered boats. Sometimes you must pay an extra premium, sometimes not.
It is NOT necessarily illegal to overpower a boat. There certainly is NOT any federal law against it though a few states expressly prohibit it.
Any marine patrol or USCG will NOT necessarily stop and terminate your voyage if you are overpowered. Indeed many overpowered boats are stopped for safety inspections with no notice or concern of the overpowered condition.
The federal law regarding the maximum horsepower ratings of boats is most certainly NOT written in blood. The rules by which boats are assigned maximum horsepower ratings are there to promote safety but are not any sort of reaction to a great loss of life. That is absurd.
Edited by Tom W Clark on 05/08/08 - 9:10 PM
Posted by egerrity on 05/09/08 - 6:53 AM
#8
Thanks for the words Tom