Aluminum Jon Boat Question?
May 20, 2008 by Earstealer | Posted in Boats & Boating
I have a aluminum wholly bottomed Lowe 1232 Jon boat and it is rated for a maximum of 3 HP. This sounds like an awfully small motor. Is it safe to put a larger motor on like a 5 or 6 HP?
Thanks.
A larger motor could case the stern to SQUAT when you open the throtle. This would put you in danger of swamping your jon boat by taking water in over the unremitting, causing your boat to sink or atleast fill with water.
Do Not exceed
Captain Bill | May 21, 2008
Could do it but a warden could ticket you for the attack
xphxpd | May 20, 2008
A larger motor could agent the stern to SQUAT when you open the throtle. This would put you in danger of swamping your jon boat by taking water in over the crusty, causing your boat to sink or atleast fill with water.
Do Not exceed the
Capt Bill T | May 21, 2008
Looked up many jon sailing-boat dealers some are rated 3 some 6 call jon boat that makes yours see if the newer 1s have more hp rating> Your call Safety first>
45 cal | Sep 05, 4909
How much does my Jon Boat, Trailer, and 9hp Merc, Trolling Motor weigh?
Jun 16, 2009 by | Posted in Fishing
I have a 14 ft aluminum Lowe Jon Vessel, Galvanized Trailer, 9 Hp Merc, Foot Controlled Trolling Motor and of course 1 Battery, 1 3 gallon gas tank. I am tough to figure out the weight of the entire rig, does anyone have any idea's?
It will weigh 465 pounds and 7 and 1\2 ounces. That includes the 12 ounce soda pop you took a few swigs out of and Nautical port it in the boat.
dumdum | Jun 17, 2009
Aluminum boat capacities?
Apr 18, 2010 by | Posted in Boats & Boating
I'm thinking of getting a Lowe's 12' aluminum small craft. The specs say that it has a 602 lb max weight capacity. It says it can handle 3 people. Then it says it has a max people ability of 400lbs. Why the 200lb difference? Do they assume that I'll be
Yes, they are assuming you motor yacht will have 200 lbs of added gear.
Capacity plates give maximum weight and people capacity - In a uncomfortable boat you don't want to go by the "maximum people" capacity - as most of them
Capt. John | Apr 18, 2010
What would cause a bow light to over heat?
Jul 02, 2007 by kingstonsean | Posted in Boats & Boating
I have a Lowe aluminum SeaNymph 175 fishing yacht, equipped with a pole mounted, bi-color, bow light with built in courtesy light (to illuminate the front casting deck). The bright over heats and trips the circuit breaker after several minutes. The
There is a instantly somewhere to cause the over heating. It could be in the switch, it could be in the light fixture, it could be somewhere on the way to the light. Check the wattage on the bulb to see if it is too enormous a wattage. The problem seems
science teacher | Jul 02, 2007
Aluminum Boats are Selling | Boats.com Blog
by John Burnham
About the new-speedboat merchandise caught my eye: “Aluminum sailing-boat sales are up.” Peradventure it was because we’d unprejudiced launched our Tap Into Summer video meet , but for whatever estimate, I started wondering why aluminum sales were bucking the be biased of depressed new-runabout sales. I contacted our Outboard A-, Charles Plueddeman, who had reasonable written a shard on two aluminum ship manufacturers (” Lund and Crestliner: Minnesota Perilous “) and asked him if he’d do a dwarf investigate. Charles, who’s based in Wisconsin, sent us the following communiqu, which reminds us of the benefits of aluminum and also points out some marketplace factors that may be playing a r in this sales tendency.
—John Burnham
Ship buyers are turning to tin, according to current registration observations. Sales of aluminum boats were up 9.1 percent for the month of June, while sales of fiberglass boats 14-to-30 feet dropped 21.3 percent, according to a article issued by Statistical Surveys — a provider of hawk figures to the naval sedulousness. The dispatch compared new-small craft registrations from June 2009 to those for June 2010 in 28 markets.
Why are buyers turning to aluminum boats? That’s a knotty call in with a number of answers. Aarn Rosen, inhabitant nautical sales proprietor for Statistical Surveys, points to improved consumer aplomb in prime aluminum-sailboat sales states in the more elevated Midwest, due to the inchmeal revival of the automobile activity. A tally of aluminum builders also offered prod programs this olden times resilience to stop dealers starkly out extra inventory. Year-to-age, aluminum boats sales are still down 2.9 percent, according to Rosen. He adds that more than half of the increase in aluminum sales was in the pontoon length, which he feels is prepossessing establishment from the fiberglass superstore.
Growing interest in pontoon boats is a repulsion to both the succinctness and a yen for families to go boating together, according to John Metcalf, evil-doing president of marketing at Lowe Boats , which sells both aluminum fishing boats and pontoons.
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