Michael Hand
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We are looking at purchasing a new proguide v16 boat for the family to fish from. (main fishing will be on lakes for bluegillCrappie.)
The thing drawing us to the proguide is the comfort (over a john boat) and safetystability of it on the water. (we have 2 kids, both autistic that will be with us, so overall stability is very important - sit still just doesn't work that well or often for us...)
Anyway - the lakes we will be on 90% of the time are horsepower limited to 10hp. We may be on bigger lakes occasionally that will allow a larger motor, but not more than a couple of times per year max. My thought is to just purchase the ProGuide with a 9.9 motor (bigfoot or prokicker - not sure which or the difference between them). Another option is to purchase the boat with a much larger motor (like a 40-50) and add a 9.9 as a kicker motor on the back.
I am currently thinking the single 9.9 motor rather than 2 motors on the back of the boat. (Less cost to purchase, lower weight on the back of the boat) if we went that route though - 9.9 bigfoot with a hydrofoil added - would the boat be able to make it on plane? I don't really care about overall speed, but would prefer to see what is in front of me rather than an elevated look at the front of my boat.
this is really the only thing keeping us from making the purchase as changing my mind after the fact sounds like it would be pretty pricey, and i won't really know if it works for me unless I make the purchase and try it. (then its to late to return)
basically - I am limited to 9.9 most of the time, don't want a john boat and want something very stable for when my children both run to the same side of the boat to see the fish. Are there other options I should be looking at (boat or motor)? will this work?
Thank you,
Michael
The thing drawing us to the proguide is the comfort (over a john boat) and safetystability of it on the water. (we have 2 kids, both autistic that will be with us, so overall stability is very important - sit still just doesn't work that well or often for us...)
Anyway - the lakes we will be on 90% of the time are horsepower limited to 10hp. We may be on bigger lakes occasionally that will allow a larger motor, but not more than a couple of times per year max. My thought is to just purchase the ProGuide with a 9.9 motor (bigfoot or prokicker - not sure which or the difference between them). Another option is to purchase the boat with a much larger motor (like a 40-50) and add a 9.9 as a kicker motor on the back.
I am currently thinking the single 9.9 motor rather than 2 motors on the back of the boat. (Less cost to purchase, lower weight on the back of the boat) if we went that route though - 9.9 bigfoot with a hydrofoil added - would the boat be able to make it on plane? I don't really care about overall speed, but would prefer to see what is in front of me rather than an elevated look at the front of my boat.
this is really the only thing keeping us from making the purchase as changing my mind after the fact sounds like it would be pretty pricey, and i won't really know if it works for me unless I make the purchase and try it. (then its to late to return)
basically - I am limited to 9.9 most of the time, don't want a john boat and want something very stable for when my children both run to the same side of the boat to see the fish. Are there other options I should be looking at (boat or motor)? will this work?
Thank you,
Michael