Hello,
I just bought my first boat, a 1966 seaswirl P14. I picked up a cherry 1956 30 hp johnson to push it, but my question is, do you think one of the same vintage 2 or 3 hp's would do okay for a kicker on this boat? I kokanee fish which requires slow trolling, but I would also like to know that it would have enough oomph to get me home in the event of a problem with the main, even if there was a little current or wind. I have been on boats my whole life, and have never ran one of these small engine. I just know the 30 hp will be going too fast at idle, and after a couple hours will be fouling plugs.I have a 4hp yamaha that I used to run on my drift boat, but it wouldn't go slow enough without dragging a bucket on a 16' drift boat so I'm just assuming it'll have the same effect on this 14', too much speed. I'm just looking at other options
-Thank you,
James
I just bought my first boat, a 1966 seaswirl P14. I picked up a cherry 1956 30 hp johnson to push it, but my question is, do you think one of the same vintage 2 or 3 hp's would do okay for a kicker on this boat? I kokanee fish which requires slow trolling, but I would also like to know that it would have enough oomph to get me home in the event of a problem with the main, even if there was a little current or wind. I have been on boats my whole life, and have never ran one of these small engine. I just know the 30 hp will be going too fast at idle, and after a couple hours will be fouling plugs.I have a 4hp yamaha that I used to run on my drift boat, but it wouldn't go slow enough without dragging a bucket on a 16' drift boat so I'm just assuming it'll have the same effect on this 14', too much speed. I'm just looking at other options
-Thank you,
James