Howmuchenginewillshetake?

[AcidicUtters]

My 1955 aluminum v-hull came with two motors: orig McCullough and an Elgin (1960-61) hangin' of the back, both 40's. Maybe the Elgin "was running," but then maybe it lost some parts between (you probably understand). It is truely amazing looking, but I fear I should prepare for the boat to see yet another engine. It's a '55 (plateless). I don't know where the max is at. I do have a 1971 65 hp mercury on my ugly tri-hull that runs great. Let me go get you all some measurements...
loa ~ 15' maybe a couple inches more
width ~ 60" probably from the window aft
deepest point ~ 30" under a (~5.5') closed bow - bow has some type of tier/foot-stop (weight distribution consideration?)
transom ~ 60" x 16.5" (center)

How much engine will she take?
Thanks in advance!

 

[AcidicUtters]

Re: Howmuchenginewillshetake?

oops. ...Man that stinks. How did I land this in '(not engine topics)'? I don't know how to move it and I'm too tired to retype it now. yuk!

 

[tmcalavy]

Re: Howmuchenginewillshetake?

Startintherightforumanddon'ttypewithoutspaces,you'llgetmorereplies.

 

[JB]

Re: Howmuchenginewillshetake?

Actually, I view this one as a boat question and in the proper forum. He's not asking about the engine(s), he is asking about the boat capacity.

The USCG site has formulae for calculating safe max HP.

 

[MikDee]

Re: Howmuchenginewillshetake?

My 1955 aluminum v-hull came with two motors: orig McCullough and an Elgin (1960-61) hangin' of the back, both 40's. Maybe the Elgin "was running," but then maybe it lost some parts between (you probably understand). It is truely amazing looking, but I fear I should prepare for the boat to see yet another engine. It's a '55 (plateless). I don't know where the max is at. I do have a 1971 65 hp mercury on my ugly tri-hull that runs great. Let me go get you all some measurements...
loa ~ 15' maybe a couple inches more
width ~ 60" probably from the window aft
deepest point ~ 30" under a (~5.5') closed bow - bow has some type of tier/foot-stop (weight distribution consideration?)
transom ~ 60" x 16.5" (center)

How much engine will she take?
Thanks in advance!

Let's see it's a 1955 boat, it's only 16'X5'wide, and any wood reinforcement on it has got to be kind of old, plus the aluminum has to have some metal fatigue, I think that boat maybe a little tired, and you're flirting with disaster IMO.

 

[scrobo]

Re: Howmuchenginewillshetake?

As a complete noob I would say as much as it takes before the stern submerges

It was the formula I used Of course.... my boat has been scaring the hell out of me. But my smart tabs...

ahh.... heck.

You can read it in other forums

But a 40hp is always a hood medium... isn't it?