Hi all, pretty new to this.
I'm way up north, located in Stacy, Minnesota. I recently sold my 14' flat bottom jon and bought a used Gheenoe 15'4'' highsider 3 months ago. Loved it so far! I rigged it up right away after tons of research (thanks to this forum and youtube). I have a 2012 9.8 hp 4 stroke tohatsu (brand new with about 15 hours till today) that has been drawn back to 4" (with Bob's mini narrow jack plate). The pitch on the motor is 7.5 and the diameter is about 8" or 8.5". My highsider will not plane if I'm the only one inside (my weight is 165 lbs), but will slowly plane out if i had a person up front. I installed a Tiny tach and it reads to about 4835 when at full throttle. Tiny tach is accurate because I ran rev'ed it in neutral, readings were correct. When idle reads 875 - 930's and full throttle reads 5800 - 5960's. Also the top speed when WTO is at 15 mph, when I'm with another person (he's about 180 lbs). I called the outboard dealer about this and they said to lower the pitch on my outboard. But looking at old forums, alot of people recommended higher pitches. What do you goes recommend or suggest? My main purpose or usage of my gheenoe is to hunt ducks in the fall, fish in the spring and summer. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
I'm way up north, located in Stacy, Minnesota. I recently sold my 14' flat bottom jon and bought a used Gheenoe 15'4'' highsider 3 months ago. Loved it so far! I rigged it up right away after tons of research (thanks to this forum and youtube). I have a 2012 9.8 hp 4 stroke tohatsu (brand new with about 15 hours till today) that has been drawn back to 4" (with Bob's mini narrow jack plate). The pitch on the motor is 7.5 and the diameter is about 8" or 8.5". My highsider will not plane if I'm the only one inside (my weight is 165 lbs), but will slowly plane out if i had a person up front. I installed a Tiny tach and it reads to about 4835 when at full throttle. Tiny tach is accurate because I ran rev'ed it in neutral, readings were correct. When idle reads 875 - 930's and full throttle reads 5800 - 5960's. Also the top speed when WTO is at 15 mph, when I'm with another person (he's about 180 lbs). I called the outboard dealer about this and they said to lower the pitch on my outboard. But looking at old forums, alot of people recommended higher pitches. What do you goes recommend or suggest? My main purpose or usage of my gheenoe is to hunt ducks in the fall, fish in the spring and summer. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks