06-16-2010, 05:36 PM
I have had as many as 8 people in a boat, and I have been in my boat where two people made the operations of the boat dangerous. "number of people in a boat is errelavent, it goes by weight copasity.
the copasity of a boat goes like this, The boat has a 500 pound max weight limit, the weight includes the weight of the motor, which means, the motor 90lbs + me at 250 lbs my box at 15 lbs, my coller with two bags of ice at 20 lbs, accounting for a good day of fishing at 20 lbs. Mis weight for safty equipment and oars another 20 lbs.
this would leave me 85 pounds for a guest and his tackle, how ever on this boat I see mounted seats, this means there is additional weight to account for. so my guest may not be any bigger than a 3rd grader.
so the limit is the motor and the weight of every thing else.
every thing in that boat that is not originaly or factory attached to the boat is additional weight.
the guy may have had 4 people in his boat, but he did so at great risk to every one in the boat.
Look at the tag stamped and perminantly mounted to the boat, it has the max weight limit and the max motor size the boat is rated for.
Be careful on max motor limit, it dose not account for the new 4 stroke motor weights.
it is fine for small lakes. small rivers, canals. "it is a canal boat" Stay away from lakes with boat traffic, water skiiers, and lakes that can get waves over a foot high.
Do your self a favor, pass this one up, find your self a nice wide 16 foot Deap "V" with a minimum weight copasity of 700 pounds if your are going to be going out where the waters can get rough from other boat traffic and weather conditions. And if your going walleye fishing, Deffenantly pass this up, I have been on waters that would swallow that boat.
700 pounds is not a lot, beleive me. 700 pounds is a two heafty man fishing boat or a three skinny man fishing boat.
There are guys who take those out on the detroit river, "on calm days and never go out much further than 50-100 yards from shore" There was one that was rented out 2 years ago on the detroit river that sank killing one person.
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the copasity of a boat goes like this, The boat has a 500 pound max weight limit, the weight includes the weight of the motor, which means, the motor 90lbs + me at 250 lbs my box at 15 lbs, my coller with two bags of ice at 20 lbs, accounting for a good day of fishing at 20 lbs. Mis weight for safty equipment and oars another 20 lbs.
this would leave me 85 pounds for a guest and his tackle, how ever on this boat I see mounted seats, this means there is additional weight to account for. so my guest may not be any bigger than a 3rd grader.
so the limit is the motor and the weight of every thing else.
every thing in that boat that is not originaly or factory attached to the boat is additional weight.
the guy may have had 4 people in his boat, but he did so at great risk to every one in the boat.
Look at the tag stamped and perminantly mounted to the boat, it has the max weight limit and the max motor size the boat is rated for.
Be careful on max motor limit, it dose not account for the new 4 stroke motor weights.
it is fine for small lakes. small rivers, canals. "it is a canal boat" Stay away from lakes with boat traffic, water skiiers, and lakes that can get waves over a foot high.
Do your self a favor, pass this one up, find your self a nice wide 16 foot Deap "V" with a minimum weight copasity of 700 pounds if your are going to be going out where the waters can get rough from other boat traffic and weather conditions. And if your going walleye fishing, Deffenantly pass this up, I have been on waters that would swallow that boat.
700 pounds is not a lot, beleive me. 700 pounds is a two heafty man fishing boat or a three skinny man fishing boat.
There are guys who take those out on the detroit river, "on calm days and never go out much further than 50-100 yards from shore" There was one that was rented out 2 years ago on the detroit river that sank killing one person.
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