You won't even believe if i told you how many times i looked up "big motor small boat" over the years on youtube, and i was never fully satisfied. Until today, when i randomly came across this video. This is it!👏
In the late 70's, my brother bought a 14' Glastron with an old, heavy, 4cyl, 85hp Evinrude. The boat was rated for only 65hp. It topped in at 56mph! He burned up the 85 pretty quick. Replaced it with 75hp 3cyl "racing motor" (I think it was originally "Hustler" but tweaked) and a much bigger (21 inch pitch) prop. Hole Shot was measured in minutes! But, from on plane to 55mph was seconds, the hull mostly left the water and would rock side to side! At 60mph the rocking stopped and the hull completely out of the water! It maxed out at 72mph! First time I ever water skied was behind that boat. I had been skiing less than 5 minutes EVER! and the high school football coach started to pass us. The coach's new 21' bass boat, with a 200hp Mercury, (he bragged) could top in at 55. As the coach got next to us, made eye contact with my brother, he slammed his throttle. My Brother looked back at me for about a millisecond, then slammed his throttle too! SO, My First Time Ever Water Skiing, we shot by the coach at about 65mph!!! I was Terrified, I didn't know how to fall, or let go of the rope, but at 14yo in front the coach, I was Joe Cool! A month later and just a week before my freshman year, the school photographer snapped a picture... I was on a slalom with a cheerleader on my shoulder behind that little boat!
i really enjoyed watching this. when i was young i put an 40 hp on a 14 ft sailboat hull that was damaged in a storm. cut the keel and used 2 one inch marine plywood to make the transom. it used to bob up and down and then jump out of the water much like your test did. i tied a rope from the bow that i could hold on to. watching you made me think back to that. thank you for that. can't wait for your next video.
I had 250 stitches in my head after i put a 150 black max on my 13 foot Boston Whaler back in the early 90s. Ran over by my own boat after i was ejected.
We had one of those puppies on the back of my dad's 17ft when I was a kid. It had to have giant fins on the cavitation plate to stop porpoising. One day we were out and the battery died, and the old boy pull started that mf with a random length of cordage we found on board. We made it home. Memories.
Life long boat lover here! Even had a small engine boat repair business for a time so I can put myself in your shoes somewhat. That being said I was laughing my ass off and scared for my life within the same breath and I’m just watchin! This is great stuff right here!!
When were kids probably 15 my Dad had a 14’ Sears Jon Boat, I grew in Florida, it had a 4.5hp Sears out board which was just a dog of a motor. My neighbor and buddy of mine’s Dad had a 18hp Evinrude. With two people in it, it was scary fast. Now I’m 64 and after seeing this I think we were fairly sane. I just laughed for 10 mins. Awesome! You guys have huge balls!👍
@@a64738My speedboat has a deep V hull and is just under 13 feet with a 40hp outboard, it handles fine on full throttle (in calm conditions.) With anything bigger on the back I’d be more concerned about the tail heavy trim than the propeller torque.
Only fjj look at hull would be a Carolina skiff definitely not a Jon boat. Seriously didn’t think would glitch wright if the 200 merc . Keep experimenting… and keep a friends close by in another boat 🤭🏹
Would strongly recommend getting a 3 blade prop with a lot more pitch it won’t have as much torque but you’ll be able to give it some throttle without flipping backwards and fearing for your life and if your ever able to run wide open which I highly doubt it’ll be a lot faster. You could easily run a 26p or 28p prop on that boat. Also this is FUCKING AWESOME
It’s got some pitch on that prop by the looks! and adding more will likely not drop torque on such a light hull it’ll probably just kick it out harder on less throttle
Gotta get the prop shaft higher in relation to the bottom of the hull. You drop it deeper and it’s going to porpoise even more. Don’t need a lot of trim either. Not sure of the clearance on that lower unit, but try running a hub less prop; small eared chopper or lightning ET. Ideally, if you put a 4-6” jack plate on it to get farther behind the transom, that might help with the porpoising and cavitation as well. Good job wearing a helmet, life jacket, and having a crash boat with you.
Lived out my fantasy vicariously through your video! I'm not as young and crazy as you anymore. I'm retiring a 140 from a tour boat and was thinking about putting it on a small boat for grins. I don't need to anymore. Will probably just sell it. 😁
I used to daydream about something like a 45 hp or so on a 12 ft John and just imagined it coming nose up out of the water and flipping but you guys took this to an insane level amd made it work so good!!! We fished a small nitro 17ft years ago and thought going from 115 to 150 would be disaster, now im really rethinking that it may have been just fine to do with the right mods!
Cool. I put a Merc 50 4 cylinder on my 1959 14 ft runabout . It sits up 3 inches and 6 inches back on a Panther tilt unit. The looks I got on the lake were priceless
All my life I wondered what it would be like to put a 150 or a 200 on a flat bottom aluminum boat! I I think a Jack plate and trim tabs would make it more stable! Also a bilge pump is super simple to install,
That was my uncle. 150 on his aluminium flatbottom. And nothing would touch it. Id say it was realistically just a "fast as you could handle" boat. Wed run in 2" of water in the flats like nothing. Lol
I have a 9’ sears v-haul from the sixties that I putt around with a five horse. My 16’ Jon boat has a 25 horse Yamaha 2 stroke that I have always been tempted to try on my v-haul. I am definitely doing it now!
I had a 20 hp Merc. On the same exact kind of Jonboat. It threw roostertails at 25 mph. Almost losing control. Diamond Valley lake California. What a ride. Some of the best times of my life.
Awesome stuff. I figured the back of the boat wouldn't be able to float from the weight of the big motor but it handled it much better than I expected 👍
I’d just fill the whole boat with flotation foam that way you can at least tow it back when it flips 😂 shocked the boat structure even held up that long.
My brothers and I had a 75hp Evenrude on a 15ft Ebbtide Dynatrack tri-hull and it would stand up like that, but at full throttle not idle. Freaked out a lot of unsuspecting passengers with it haha! Wild! 🤘😂
My friends and I done this 30 years ago with a Johnson 88 and 14ft semi V aluminum boat. We raced cars on Sanibel Island Causeway with it. Est speed well over 60mph and thats with 3 of us on that boat. And yes, if we stopped, down it would go! Had to use the fish house lift to keep it from sinking when the fun was done.
I once had an 18 ft Jon boat with a 115 hp Mariner outboard on it. Had to put an anti cavitation plate on the lower unit to get it to handle right. Had an 18 pitch power prop on it. Bringing it up on plane was instant. No hesitation whatsoever. I was a commercial diver collecting fresh water mussels. Sometimes we would have hundreds of pounds of shells plus all the equipment. Other than being such a gas hog, it was a great piece of equipment.
Nice work! This is how I remember my childhood. Small 11ft "Tinny" with too much outboard and positive trim. Look at the Supa Skua videos from Australia for how it's done.
Thanks dude! Now I can show my son what would happen to our 14 footer if we replaced our 20hp with that monster. He’ll probably still want to try it, anyway. Love your spirit man, keep chasing life!
Years back I saw a similar build on the indian river in florida, it was probably around 14-16' long with much higher freeboard than this but otherwise a typical stripper single hull aluminum jon boat with a 250 HP yamaha four stroke on it. When i asked the guy how fast it was he said it depends on how brave you are.
HAND SALUTE to you guys! Totally enjoyed watching your journey with this concept. The home do it yourselfer rigging & design is always interesting. Be safe! 👍
I ran a 9.9 on a 10 ft jonboat many moons ago and had a blast! But 200 on a 14 ft... that's freaking hilarious😂. Thanks for doing this and sharing the vids. I can't quit laughing 😆
I did the same thing back in the 80's. Same 10 foot Jon boat and a Merc 9.9. Only the back 6 inches of the boat stayed in the water after planing! Scary as hell on the creeks!
Damn i love multi-cylinder two strokes! I had an old 75 hp 3 cylinder two stroke that I’d run with the garden hose in front of the house just to scare the neighbors. The sound and smell of a two stroke in salt water is the best.
I once saw someone put cinder blocks in the front of their boat for counterweight, but they didn't secure them at all. Worked fine until they hit a big wave and it flipped the blocks back into their lap.😆
My buddy had a 40hp Yamaha with all kinds of stuff done to it on a 12ft monarch aluminum boat. It would run 63-65 with both of us. It was crazy fast. It was almost hard to stay in the boat.
Cool test. When u added the weight at the front it got more stable. This is why I think boat builders spec their boats to the motor size. Cuz the misconception Is if you’d take a big motor an drop it on a smaller boat it automatically be faster.
Well of course it'll be fast, but hull TYPE plays probably the BIGGEST part in a hull's abilities!! Think about all of the little funnel hulls with F1 merc motors on 'em, and then there's always the little Allison hulls and of course the lil Hydrostream's and Lasers etc..
Ohhh yes! We've all thought about it. We all knew it would take a real Florida man to get er done. Good job! I can't wait to see the improvements and more ripping! Looking through the channel now and you guys are killing it. Much love from a little ways down I-4 in Lakeland 🖖
This was awesome. I’d love to see y’all do this with a big sailboat. I’ve seen one video of a sailboat with a big outboard and it looked like a ton of fun, especially when you consider those things are generally floating houses.
@@shem7974 you’d think that, but I’ve seen a video on the internet that I haven’t been able to find since I saw it of a massive 30 ft sailboat with a 200 outboard on the back towing a tube around a lake, doing a good 25 knots and swerving like they were trying to capsize it. Yes, hull speed is a thing, but hull speed doesn’t matter when you have so much power you basically force it into planing.
As a safety guy I would usually frown on this but let’s take a second to give these boys some props on engineering and their understanding of physics on the water.
In the early 2000's I used to fish 5k yards of gill net out of a 14'5 foot Carolina skiff with a 40 hp Mariner and I thought that was sketchy 😂......Flat bottom boats and turning do not mix. Awesome video brother.
I'd love to see you put a steering wheel at the front along with the throttle controls. Would help balance the weight on the boat and be a lot easier to handle.
I came here to see if someone had mentioned this. They could make the throttle and steering arm extra long so their weight in the front of the boat would even it out. Possibly maybe.
Also once when working at a Lake Resort during the summer in High School, we had an instance where diesel fuel was accidently ran in two 15HP Evinrude outboards. We had a fleet of small 12 Ft aluminum fishing boats, and larger Ski Boats. There was also a Tractor and other heavy equipment for mowing and other resort maintenance. One of the workers had accidently connected outboard fuel tanks containing Diesel for the tractor to 2 of the small fishing boats 15HP Evinrude motors. after cleaning out the fuel systems on both motors we put them both on the transom of one fishing boat to run mixed gas through them for awhile to clean them out before renting out. While waiting for the engines to run for awhile a coworker joked "Your light enough you could probably ski behind it!", the challenge was on! I grabbed a pair of "Wooden Plank" rental skis and out we went. we attached a ski harness to the two rear carry handles and a tow rope. the other guy was pretty large and sat as far forward in the boat to still reach the control tillers/handles on the two motors . The boat would actually get up on plane with me sitting far forward and him near the center. I jumped from the boat with the skis and tensioned the rope. I told him to "Hit It" and the boat slowly pulled me out of the water on both skis. It was ridiculous! I tried cutting across the wake and nearly would stop the boat, forcing me to grab the rope and pull in the slack. Once I got used to it I dropped one of the skis and actually slalomed for awhile. Mostly just staying behind and not cutting the wake much...
I always say there's a fine line between what could and what should be done..... lmao😅 I've gota say this invention straddles the line! 😅😂 that said it's bloody awesome and I want to see more! 🎉
Put a 20 hp on a flat backed canoe did fine till the big turn, the motor kept going with the stern for about a quarter mile while we sank in the rest of it.
I ran a 15 hp on a 19f banana boat, almost 10 years now right now the motor has no power means no speed, can u please help me what the problem is. Thank you
I built a tiny 4' x 8' small speedboat with a controls tunnel to the motor of 1/4" plywood with glass cloth and resin over that. 2 cylinder Mercury Mark 20 tuned to 12,000 rpm. Passed a sky boat at max at estimated 72 mph on his speedometer on the reservation lake near Reno, NV. Hit a 2/3 submerged beer can at about 85 mph; got to shore at about 35 mph and sk9idded to a stop. That run was intense.
I had a mercury 115hp inline 6 "tower of power" 2 stroke on a 14f marlin. Not quite as much as this, but the boat handled way better. I added 14" hyd trim tabs on the transom and that help a bunch. It did 55mph.
My old man used to race boats at Misery Bay at Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie in Erie PA. back in the 1950's . He ran a 16' wooden Lyman boat cut down to 14' , I "think" they only ran 10 HP motors; but I have photos of him with just the shaft and prop in the water.
I'm so thankful that someone finally did this. I've wondered what it would be like for 40 years. Proud of you rapscallions. Looks sketchy as hell!
I can't see anything that would go wrong. Not one thing. 😆
Same here. I guess it was the kid in me or the redneck lol. Soon as I seen the title it reminded me of wanting to do this when I was a kid.
@@79GOLDENBOYCame here to say this. Thanks.
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@@79GOLDENBOYyeah exactly. The place where the kayaks are 7litre big blocks and their cars have motorbike engines.
Guy standing at boat ramp......Rapscallion in boat ...hey Mr can you hold my beer....
You won't even believe if i told you how many times i looked up "big motor small boat" over the years on youtube, and i was never fully satisfied. Until today, when i randomly came across this video. This is it!👏
💪👍👍👀
I have literally had this dream as a kid. Uncle had a big motor on his boat and I wondered "what if it was on a little 6' dingy" :P
Have you not found those Asian guys that drag race boats in Taiwan or something with car engines or v8s I don't remember v6s?
That’s actually what I searched 😂
Could you imagine....guys on a lake in his brand new $50k bass boat thinking he's a big dog until he gets passed by this 😂 😂
LoL any current and you'd be swimmin
You are not going to gain too much speed without a good running pad.
Brand new bass boats are over $100k now.
@@NytronX wow!!! I remembered a Nitro brand new at $20k 20 yrs ago....a $100k,that's insane!
@@silverback8183 well yeah the minimum wage was also like 5.25
Ive searched countless hours for a blueprint of a death trap like this one…. One of a kind guys, props
... No just one prop... But a really bad ass one.
The 200HP on the Jon boat might be the highlight of that groom's married life.
You got some serious balls. On behalf of everyone on RUclips, thank you for doing this.
My brother and I put a 30 horsepower outboard on a ten foot jon boat and we thought that was sketchy. You definitely took it to another level.
a 30 HP motor on a 10 ft flatty IS extremely sketchy!!!
Why is everyone ignoring dudes comically tiny nipples?
I thought a 25 horse two stroke Yamaha on a 14 foot Jon boat was sketchy…
This like takes it a step beyond fast and furious
That’s standard power
Life jacket, helmet, conscious use of throttle, still having fun, you are a good a man and a good example
In the late 70's, my brother bought a 14' Glastron with an old, heavy, 4cyl, 85hp Evinrude. The boat was rated for only 65hp. It topped in at 56mph! He burned up the 85 pretty quick. Replaced it with 75hp 3cyl "racing motor" (I think it was originally "Hustler" but tweaked) and a much bigger (21 inch pitch) prop. Hole Shot was measured in minutes! But, from on plane to 55mph was seconds, the hull mostly left the water and would rock side to side! At 60mph the rocking stopped and the hull completely out of the water! It maxed out at 72mph! First time I ever water skied was behind that boat. I had been skiing less than 5 minutes EVER! and the high school football coach started to pass us. The coach's new 21' bass boat, with a 200hp Mercury, (he bragged) could top in at 55. As the coach got next to us, made eye contact with my brother, he slammed his throttle. My Brother looked back at me for about a millisecond, then slammed his throttle too! SO, My First Time Ever Water Skiing, we shot by the coach at about 65mph!!! I was Terrified, I didn't know how to fall, or let go of the rope, but at 14yo in front the coach, I was Joe Cool! A month later and just a week before my freshman year, the school photographer snapped a picture... I was on a slalom with a cheerleader on my shoulder behind that little boat!
Damn that’s sick
My friend has a 13 or 13 ft glastron voat with a 90 on it
i really enjoyed watching this. when i was young i put an 40 hp on a 14 ft sailboat hull that was damaged in a storm. cut the keel and used 2 one inch marine plywood to make the transom. it used to bob up and down and then jump out of the water much like your test did. i tied a rope from the bow that i could hold on to. watching you made me think back to that. thank you for that. can't wait for your next video.
I had 250 stitches in my head after i put a 150 black max on my 13 foot Boston Whaler back in the early 90s. Ran over by my own boat after i was ejected.
Damn dude! You’re luck to be alive! Recovered ok?
Lol
That is the coolest.
We had one of those puppies on the back of my dad's 17ft when I was a kid. It had to have giant fins on the cavitation plate to stop porpoising.
One day we were out and the battery died, and the old boy pull started that mf with a random length of cordage we found on board. We made it home. Memories.
This is what Gen Z calls "dad lore".
Life long boat lover here! Even had a small engine boat repair business for a time so I can put myself in your shoes somewhat. That being said I was laughing my ass off and scared for my life within the same breath and I’m just watchin! This is great stuff right here!!
Activities that clearly explain why men don't live as long........ Suscribed!
Men think women are nuts for shopping on Black Friday 😂
When were kids probably 15 my Dad had a 14’ Sears Jon Boat, I grew in Florida, it had a 4.5hp Sears out board which was just a dog of a motor. My neighbor and buddy of mine’s Dad had a 18hp Evinrude. With two people in it, it was scary fast. Now I’m 64 and after seeing this I think we were fairly sane. I just laughed for 10 mins. Awesome! You guys have huge balls!👍
This is just literally taking a sledge hammer to hydrodynamics, and that is awesome!
I could see doing this in a V Hull but no way I'd try it on a flat bottom! Kudos on your success!
That is the bravest part of it.
I have seen people put 50HP engine on a 14ft v hull and the twisting from the propeller was so bad that you could not run full throttle...
@@a64738My speedboat has a deep V hull and is just under 13 feet with a 40hp outboard, it handles fine on full throttle (in calm conditions.) With anything bigger on the back I’d be more concerned about the tail heavy trim than the propeller torque.
Only fjj look at hull would be a Carolina skiff definitely not a Jon boat. Seriously didn’t think would glitch wright if the 200 merc . Keep experimenting… and keep a friends close by in another boat 🤭🏹
After a lot of consideration, we are changing the channel name to ‘clapped out customs’. Felt like this better encompasses us.
More like “cracked out customs” lol
or half ass customs.
Wheres this at? Looks like the lakes near Inverness fl
@@lukechenevert3916 no way lol
I like it you , earned a new sub.
Dude I’ve always wanted to see someone slap a massive motor on one of these small Jon boats, this is awesome
When you think your cool until this guy shows up 😂
Bro i saw the police report, lexington police looking for a man witha 200 hp merc on a 14 foot john boat. Now that I see this, this is amazing.
Would strongly recommend getting a 3 blade prop with a lot more pitch it won’t have as much torque but you’ll be able to give it some throttle without flipping backwards and fearing for your life and if your ever able to run wide open which I highly doubt it’ll be a lot faster. You could easily run a 26p or 28p prop on that boat. Also this is FUCKING AWESOME
It’s got some pitch on that prop by the looks! and adding more will likely not drop torque on such a light hull it’ll probably just kick it out harder on less throttle
adding pitch will add torque not reduce it....
Good idea 👍 now let's talk out riggers 🔧
@@Louis-qi1gz We call them sponsons....
@@crashalexander7232 I've never heard that name before , I'll look it up 🔧
Gotta get the prop shaft higher in relation to the bottom of the hull. You drop it deeper and it’s going to porpoise even more. Don’t need a lot of trim either. Not sure of the clearance on that lower unit, but try running a hub less prop; small eared chopper or lightning ET.
Ideally, if you put a 4-6” jack plate on it to get farther behind the transom, that might help with the porpoising and cavitation as well.
Good job wearing a helmet, life jacket, and having a crash boat with you.
Was already up to the limit, do you really think it's going to pan out in any scenario, guess again.
@@danielschiel7001 seriously lol he's giving advice on running a 200 on a Jon boat. What an idiot
The indifference to any form of common sense is MAGNIFICENT‼️ 👍👍
Love it, new sub!!!
Lived out my fantasy vicariously through your video! I'm not as young and crazy as you anymore. I'm retiring a 140 from a tour boat and was thinking about putting it on a small boat for grins. I don't need to anymore. Will probably just sell it. 😁
I used to daydream about something like a 45 hp or so on a 12 ft John and just imagined it coming nose up out of the water and flipping but you guys took this to an insane level amd made it work so good!!! We fished a small nitro 17ft years ago and thought going from 115 to 150 would be disaster, now im really rethinking that it may have been just fine to do with the right mods!
I had a 40 hp evinrude on the same size boat and only had the nerve to open it up two times. Your setup is awesome!
We run a 15 hp on our 10 foot John boat. Gets up to 41km
@@sacredtaquito5178 I've once done 3 knots rowing
We put a 26 on a 10 foot, it had a 4.
Cool. I put a Merc 50 4 cylinder on my 1959 14 ft runabout . It sits up 3 inches and 6 inches back on a Panther tilt unit. The looks I got on the lake were priceless
All my life I wondered what it would be like to put a 150 or a 200 on a flat bottom aluminum boat! I I think a Jack plate and trim tabs would make it more stable! Also a bilge pump is super simple to install,
bilge pump wont help that rig son....lol
😂😂
Seriously - deck this lil aluminum hull out in ALL the go-fast parts, we must know what its full potential is!!!
That was my uncle. 150 on his aluminium flatbottom. And nothing would touch it. Id say it was realistically just a "fast as you could handle" boat. Wed run in 2" of water in the flats like nothing. Lol
BEELGE PUMP?
WE DOAN NEED NO STEENKEENG BEELGE PUMP!
I have a 9’ sears v-haul from the sixties that I putt around with a five horse. My 16’ Jon boat has a 25 horse Yamaha 2 stroke that I have always been tempted to try on my v-haul. I am definitely doing it now!
I had a 20 hp Merc. On the same exact kind of Jonboat. It threw roostertails at 25 mph. Almost losing control. Diamond Valley lake California. What a ride. Some of the best times of my life.
Awesome stuff. I figured the back of the boat wouldn't be able to float from the weight of the big motor but it handled it much better than I expected 👍
Put a 30 horse 1956 Evinrude on a 12ft skimmer what fun
Voted best boat for sure!
I exPected it to capsize the instant the have it any significant throttle
I’d just fill the whole boat with flotation foam that way you can at least tow it back when it flips 😂 shocked the boat structure even held up that long.
Great Stuff.
I'm surprised the water popo didn't flag them down and force them back to shore.
Would the boats version of a wheelie be called a proppy? That was insane! Could almost feel the rush!
Here in australia we call it tinny slapping
@@dylanzrim3635 i like tinny slapping you guys really have a term for every ill advised action lol
prop walking
@@dylanzrim3635 I glanced at you comment and thought it said "titty slapping "...
@@dylanzrim3635 what do you guys call pissing into the wind?
My brothers and I had a 75hp Evenrude on a 15ft Ebbtide Dynatrack tri-hull and it would stand up like that, but at full throttle not idle. Freaked out a lot of unsuspecting passengers with it haha! Wild! 🤘😂
Thank you for finally answering this question I’ve had for 40 years. 😂
My friends and I done this 30 years ago with a Johnson 88 and 14ft semi V aluminum boat. We raced cars on Sanibel Island Causeway with it. Est speed well over 60mph and thats with 3 of us on that boat. And yes, if we stopped, down it would go! Had to use the fish house lift to keep it from sinking when the fun was done.
You aren't driving a boat! Just an engine! This is awesome!
Nice engineering. @ 1:25 "I can't see anything that could go wrong." 😂😂😂 Enjoyed it. 👍🏾
As an 8 year old child this crossed my mind, it has been a long wait of 5 decades but now I finally have the answer, many thanks! 👍🏻
I always wanted to do this. Had a similar boat back in the day and wanted to put a 120 on and it was only rated for a 20hp. You are living the dream
That was so awesome. You guys deserve to be awarded “innovators of the decade”. 😂😂
I once had an 18 ft Jon boat with a 115 hp Mariner outboard on it. Had to put an anti cavitation plate on the lower unit to get it to handle right. Had an 18 pitch power prop on it. Bringing it up on plane was instant. No hesitation whatsoever. I was a commercial diver collecting fresh water mussels. Sometimes we would have hundreds of pounds of shells plus all the equipment. Other than being such a gas hog, it was a great piece of equipment.
Have crestliner MV 1872 all welded with a Yamaha 90 two stroke got from a lady after her husband died for $2500 she hated it and wanted gone I love it
Nice work! This is how I remember my childhood. Small 11ft "Tinny" with too much outboard and positive trim. Look at the Supa Skua videos from Australia for how it's done.
yeah mate I remember Tricky Ricky Gray from Queensland RIP in his 13ft haines with bombed 70horse yammy that was a weapon
Thanks dude! Now I can show my son what would happen to our 14 footer if we replaced our 20hp with that monster. He’ll probably still want to try it, anyway. Love your spirit man, keep chasing life!
Years back I saw a similar build on the indian river in florida, it was probably around 14-16' long with much higher freeboard than this but otherwise a typical stripper single hull aluminum jon boat with a 250 HP yamaha four stroke on it. When i asked the guy how fast it was he said it depends on how brave you are.
HAND SALUTE to you guys! Totally enjoyed watching your journey with this concept.
The home do it yourselfer rigging & design is always interesting.
Be safe! 👍
Potential to be one of the best things I’ve seen done with a boat. You’ve got a new subscriber! Send it!
Made it almost all the way through the comments before encountering that moronic, tired two word phrase.
Hell yeah! This is the type of ingenuity that I like seeing! Badass build man and keep pushing the envelope! 😃👍👍🔥
Bravo for having the guts to do this extreme radical setup.
I was prepared for this to be stupid and funny, but you guys actually did an amazing job. Great video!
This was incredible! Huge fan of your work!
I ran a 9.9 on a 10 ft jonboat many moons ago and had a blast! But 200 on a 14 ft... that's freaking hilarious😂.
Thanks for doing this and sharing the vids. I can't quit laughing 😆
Seen her on marketplace
I did the same thing back in the 80's. Same 10 foot Jon boat and a Merc 9.9. Only the back 6 inches of the boat stayed in the water after planing! Scary as hell on the creeks!
Amazing job keeping it upright. Fun to watch.
I came here from Facebook because the police department is looking for him 😂😂😂
Damn i love multi-cylinder two strokes! I had an old 75 hp 3 cylinder two stroke that I’d run with the garden hose in front of the house just to scare the neighbors. The sound and smell of a two stroke in salt water is the best.
I once saw someone put cinder blocks in the front of their boat for counterweight, but they didn't secure them at all. Worked fine until they hit a big wave and it flipped the blocks back into their lap.😆
Super ouch
That was hilarious. Would love to see you guys fish some tournaments out of it. hahaha.
My buddy had a 40hp Yamaha with all kinds of stuff done to it on a 12ft monarch aluminum boat. It would run 63-65 with both of us. It was crazy fast. It was almost hard to stay in the boat.
I could not imagine a better name for a channel putting up content like this😂😂
Content like this is what RUclips is for!👍👍👍
I've had a 260HP Merc disguised as a 135HP on a 16ft fiberglass, for like 20 plus years, goes 70MPH +, coast guard tags and all. It can be done.
Cool test. When u added the weight at the front it got more stable. This is why I think boat builders spec their boats to the motor size. Cuz the misconception Is if you’d take a big motor an drop it on a smaller boat it automatically be faster.
Well of course it'll be fast, but hull TYPE plays probably the BIGGEST part in a hull's abilities!!
Think about all of the little funnel hulls with F1 merc motors on 'em, and then there's always the little Allison hulls and of course the lil Hydrostream's and Lasers etc..
Too awesome!! Great build, kickass video , and a ton of fun! Exactly what RUclips is for… subbed ! Cheers guys 👊🏼
Ohhh yes! We've all thought about it. We all knew it would take a real Florida man to get er done. Good job! I can't wait to see the improvements and more ripping! Looking through the channel now and you guys are killing it. Much love from a little ways down I-4 in Lakeland 🖖
im most impressed with the fabrications to the tiller assembly. everything worked beautifully
Would be interesting to cut a center hole /box it -> Mid Engine.
Should be stable then.
This was awesome. I’d love to see y’all do this with a big sailboat. I’ve seen one video of a sailboat with a big outboard and it looked like a ton of fun, especially when you consider those things are generally floating houses.
Most Sailboat top speed sadly limited by hull area :,(
@@shem7974 you’d think that, but I’ve seen a video on the internet that I haven’t been able to find since I saw it of a massive 30 ft sailboat with a 200 outboard on the back towing a tube around a lake, doing a good 25 knots and swerving like they were trying to capsize it.
Yes, hull speed is a thing, but hull speed doesn’t matter when you have so much power you basically force it into planing.
@@SailingFrolic I saw a video the other day of a sailboat going from Florida to Bahamas with a big outboard, it was FLYING
@@offgridas got a link?
@@SailingFrolic ruclips.net/video/_zhmiYJfvkE/видео.html
My type of vibes 🤙🏼 this video will take off! Good job guys 👍🏻
Oh chit, and there he is
Dude I'm gonna follow you for sure. Anyone crazy enough to try this type of shit out I'm watching and telling my fishing buddy's
As a safety guy I would usually frown on this but let’s take a second to give these boys some props on engineering and their understanding of physics on the water.
In the early 2000's I used to fish 5k yards of gill net out of a 14'5 foot Carolina skiff with a 40 hp Mariner and I thought that was sketchy 😂......Flat bottom boats and turning do not mix. Awesome video brother.
Growing up on the obx ...I know where ya coming from..
I Love it. Yall gave me hope in the younger generation. Yall made me A proud American🇺🇸 I Salute you Gentleman..
Who else seen the lake patrol lookin for this guy 😂
You guys are literally wanted all over Facebook I have constantly seen you guys posted on Facebook😂 stay safe don’t let them get you
Looks like Bakersfield CA wants them now... fucking dumb go catch criminals.
This boat is riding that fine line between anchor and airplane. That's the exciting zone.
This is what RUclips is made for , awesome creation
I'd love to see you put a steering wheel at the front along with the throttle controls. Would help balance the weight on the boat and be a lot easier to handle.
I came here to see if someone had mentioned this. They could make the throttle and steering arm extra long so their weight in the front of the boat would even it out.
Possibly maybe.
Goodbye spine
Is that a old ratchet as a shifter handle?
It sure is!
I had a 16 flatbottom jon with an 85 hp merc. She flew and as a wicked fun boat had it for years
I was nervous about running 45 horse merc on my 16’ Jon boat 😂 I ain’t worried at all now.
I love how there is just never even any consideration of putting in a sump pump. Lol
You sir earned a subscriber for this awesome video !!!
So .I'm trying to figure how much it's gonna cost to bring it back up and Clear it out to start again..😊
Chicane walk, porpoising, all part of the fun. Give 'er 😂😂😂
Also once when working at a Lake Resort during the summer in High School, we had an instance where diesel fuel was accidently ran in two 15HP Evinrude outboards. We had a fleet of small 12 Ft aluminum fishing boats, and larger Ski Boats. There was also a Tractor and other heavy equipment for mowing and other resort maintenance. One of the workers had accidently connected outboard fuel tanks containing Diesel for the tractor to 2 of the small fishing boats 15HP Evinrude motors. after cleaning out the fuel systems on both motors we put them both on the transom of one fishing boat to run mixed gas through them for awhile to clean them out before renting out. While waiting for the engines to run for awhile a coworker joked "Your light enough you could probably ski behind it!", the challenge was on! I grabbed a pair of "Wooden Plank" rental skis and out we went. we attached a ski harness to the two rear carry handles and a tow rope. the other guy was pretty large and sat as far forward in the boat to still reach the control tillers/handles on the two motors . The boat would actually get up on plane with me sitting far forward and him near the center. I jumped from the boat with the skis and tensioned the rope. I told him to "Hit It" and the boat slowly pulled me out of the water on both skis. It was ridiculous! I tried cutting across the wake and nearly would stop the boat, forcing me to grab the rope and pull in the slack. Once I got used to it I dropped one of the skis and actually slalomed for awhile. Mostly just staying behind and not cutting the wake much...
I always say there's a fine line between what could and what should be done..... lmao😅 I've gota say this invention straddles the line! 😅😂 that said it's bloody awesome and I want to see more! 🎉
Put a 20 hp on a flat backed canoe did fine till the big turn, the motor kept going with the stern for about a quarter mile while we sank in the rest of it.
The cops in lex after you after this one😂
This is a death trap and I’m here for it 😂 love this kind of stuff
I ran a 15 hp on a 19f banana boat, almost 10 years now right now the motor has no power means no speed, can u please help me what the problem is. Thank you
3:00 "that's a lot of power" 😂😂
I built a tiny 4' x 8' small speedboat with a controls tunnel to the motor of 1/4" plywood with glass cloth and resin over that. 2 cylinder Mercury Mark 20 tuned to 12,000 rpm. Passed a sky boat at max at estimated 72 mph on his speedometer on the reservation lake near Reno, NV. Hit a 2/3 submerged beer can at about 85 mph; got to shore at about 35 mph and sk9idded to a stop. That run was intense.
This guy has balls!!! And he is having waaay too much fun. Proud to be an American!
I was waiting for a gust of wind or a small wave to send you into a pickle-fork flip! Pretty funny guys. 😁👍
You guys answered my question on how big of a motor I can put on a Jon boat. 😂 Good job
Any normal person will say you're crazy as men of culture we appreciate you
I had a mercury 115hp inline 6 "tower of power" 2 stroke on a 14f marlin. Not quite as much as this, but the boat handled way better. I added 14" hyd trim tabs on the transom and that help a bunch. It did 55mph.
That man legitimately risked his life for my entertainment. Thank you, sir.
I keep seeing memes about this and I am so happy to finally see a video of it in action.
That’s insane ! I’ve always wanted to see how this would work but dam you just showed me anxiety that I never knew I had 😂🤣
My old man used to race boats at Misery Bay at Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie in Erie PA. back in the 1950's .
He ran a 16' wooden Lyman boat cut down to 14' , I "think" they only ran 10 HP motors; but I have photos of him with just the shaft and prop in the water.