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Old 01-21-2003, 08:41 PM
Finster Finster is offline
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Default Re: how much kicker is needed

I agree with fellow-ship on the seatow aspect, but if you troll a lot and are looking for economy a kicker is the way to go. When I used to fish the great lakes you couldn't beat it, troll all day on six gallons. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] In my 20' boat I could turn 7kts. with a 9.9 on FAC days, not enough in my opinion for the ocean. I would go with at least a 20hp for off shore. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[ January 21, 2003, 07:44 PM: Message edited by: Finster ]
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