1999 eagle skimmer 16 (Morgan skimmer 16)

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BigGreg66

Discussion Starter · #1 · Dec 7, 2019

I picked up a 99 eagle 16ft flats boat 6’8 beam, for a great deal. Everything works, I’ve done quite a bit of cleaning just because I like my stuff to look nice. Drafts 8”-9” maybe 10” of water with 2 grown men. Motor seems to run great. Boat comes out of the water with ease and gets on plane. Problem is.. it’s slow as shit (21mph). Motor is a fantastic running Mercury Force 40hp it had a hydro foil on the lower unit which has sense been taken off. I gained 1mph. I know the boat should atleast run 30 with ease. Prop Is 10.84 diameter 14 pitch. 3 blade stainless

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MAK

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#4 · Dec 7, 2019

Nice boat. You should love it. I have a friend with an 18’ (Bossman) and it’s great. Fairly shallow and is like walking around on a dock stable. I looked at some of the original Morgans a couple years ago that a local guy had which were NOS and had been just sitting having never been used for many years. Looking back I should have bought one but didn’t know enough at the time.