Eoughphily
Seaman
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2014
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I have a 1973 Rivera 17' fiberglass boat roughly 1200 lbs 6' wide at the transom. I am not sure what size motor to buy for it to get it on plane. I can't afford a new fancy motor so I'm limited to the old school models. I'm running a 1956 evinrude 15 HP for trolling and it works great for that. I recently put on a 1963 evinrude 40 HP selectric which gets me moving about 10 mph, but definitely not on plane. I'm looking at an 1963 evinrude 75 hp selectric. Should that put me on plane or should I go bigger? I found a 1969 evinrude 115 hp selectric shift for $150, but its an 8 hour drive one way. So I'd like to avoid that if possible. Let me know what your thoughts are, thank you.