New to iboats and new to owning my first boat.
I bought a 1973? Star-Craft with a 50 hp Johnson ob motor.
Starts every time yet I know nothing about boats.
When I start this boat I have to drop the choke and push the lever full foreward and then back it off. If I just push foreward alittle the motor has no guts at all. At full throttle it just seams to not have much power. I was expecting much more with a 50 hp motor. This is a tri hull, does this make a difference, or is this normal for this type of boat? Other than the power is issue the motor sounds and runs great. Can anyone help. I dont want to sound stupid but as I said I have no experience with boats. I just bought this boat so I could take my 15 and 8 year olds out to fish instead of staring at the tv all day. Any help would be great. I will also be asking maintance ? later in the fall.
I bought a 1973? Star-Craft with a 50 hp Johnson ob motor.
Starts every time yet I know nothing about boats.
When I start this boat I have to drop the choke and push the lever full foreward and then back it off. If I just push foreward alittle the motor has no guts at all. At full throttle it just seams to not have much power. I was expecting much more with a 50 hp motor. This is a tri hull, does this make a difference, or is this normal for this type of boat? Other than the power is issue the motor sounds and runs great. Can anyone help. I dont want to sound stupid but as I said I have no experience with boats. I just bought this boat so I could take my 15 and 8 year olds out to fish instead of staring at the tv all day. Any help would be great. I will also be asking maintance ? later in the fall.