Semopar Forum

**OklaHemi** · 02-06-2011, 09:04 PM

mine? mine is a 14' 94 baja blast with a 90hp merc sport jet. its fun but you cant have a lot of weight on the boat. i can take my wife and 3 kids and have it full throttle but when i get more adults on the it bogs down. there is a 120hp motor that i looked into but couldnt find one close at the time. i paid 3000 for it and the trailer which isnt bad since the boat runs great.

we were looking for a seadoo when we came across this and figured we could put the whole family on. when i take it out by myself its rediculously fun. i have thrown myself acrossed it a few times, thank god for the safety key. it pulls a tube just fine but the weight and drag come into play. the biggest drawback is there is no trim adjustment so the nose will be in the air for a few when you apply full throttle, but it evens out and literally skips across the water

oh and the best part... it fits into my garage.

**Fla 66 cuda** · 02-06-2011, 09:21 PM

Sounds fun i have done many trailer set ups on those jet boats i work for magic tilt trailers in the parts dept. i was in the service dept. iv'e been there for 15 years this sept. I had a Key Largo 156 center console open fisherman with a 30 hp johnson outboard it was under powered did a whopping 21 mph on a smooth lake with the wind blowing at our backs with 2 adults 2 kids but it was great for fishing the flats a 18 inches of water was my minumum depth,had a trolling motor,poling platform,live well,depth/fish finder i loved that boat but never used it always working when i could go nobody wanted to go with me don't like to fish alone,so i sold it and built another hot rod which i used the crap out of so no more boats for me until i retire.Actually i was asking about our new boats owner that question because of mine being under powered. I had my marine mechanic friend try to tweek the motor and reprop it to no avail.

**OklaHemi** · 02-06-2011, 09:34 PM

that suck abot the tweeking. i guess a full blown upgrade is in order. 30hp should suffice on this little thing.

**SmokedRam** · 02-06-2011, 09:48 PM

I don't have a boat, but my uncle has two, so I just go out with him on his....LOL Here are some pics of his:

This is his 21 foot Carolina Skiff

And this is his brand new one, he had a boat lift installed for it, so it doesnt sit in the water all the time:

**03 Rammer** · 02-06-2011, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Fla 66 cuda

Nice boat what size is it and motor size.

mine is 15ft plus the motor. Its a 25hp mercury 2 stroke

**Fla 66 cuda** · 02-06-2011, 10:24 PM

Ok that explains the sloness nothin wrong with that mine was under powered also, look around the transom or console for a yellow tag it will tell max weight of persons and max hp of engine i'm guessing that it can hold up to a 50+ hp engine.being underpowered weher i fished was just a tad dangerous because i had to get into the channel to get to the ramp and was too slow to out run any thing [crabs swam faster against the current than i could go with it] that was my only hate with my boat,if your doing fresh water fishing then thats not a problem you may be able to get a different prop with a different pitch that might help increase your speed. Have fun catchin fish out of a boat is great unlimited places to go versis shore fishing you'll wonder why you didnot get one sooner.

**03 Rammer** · 02-06-2011, 10:31 PM

mmm you think it could run a bigger engine. I actually thought that was fast for a john boat. Not the fastest boat I've handled compared to our 75mph Key West flats/bay boat.

**Fla 66 cuda** · 02-07-2011, 08:23 AM

Yep look for that sticker it'll tell ya max engine size my 156 could hold up to a 60hp.