Re: [OMC-Boats] Weight of boat!

  Dave,

I also have a 69 sportsman 155, I will check the origional manual or the
trailer tag for the weight when I get home, should have the answer
somewhere in there.

Do you have the origional stringer outdrive on your boat? you mentioned
that you are trimming your boat....assuming that you do not have another
mechanism for that other than the tilt switch. I beileve that it is a
bad idea I have always heard that those nuckle (or ball joints) are not
designed to stand up to being run in the up position. I usually set the
outdirve all the way down and leave it there while running.

My boat can be a little slow getting up on plane depending on the load,
but does get there. I haven't had trouble porposing as you describe so
definetly sounds like something is up. will get back to you with the
weights later.

Cheers,
B.C.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:24 AM, drusilas@... wrote:

Hello everyone,

I have a 1969 Sportsman 155 and I also suspect that my floatation foam
is waterlogged. The boat porpoises a lot, regardless of how I have the
outdrive trimmed. It's also very difficult to get it on plane if I have
passengers in the back seat. Does anyone know what the weight of that
boat is supposed to be? I can find the weight of the '68 and older
sportsmans, but not the redesigned '69/'70 hull. Thanks.

Dave Rusilas

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Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Weight of boat!

Bill,

When I dug all the waterlogged foam out of my 64 Evinrude Sweet 16 it
weighed an estimated 1200 lbs. - sounds like you might be a little
light! Start digging - it will make a world of difference! Good luck,
Mike
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    1. Weight of boat and trailer (Bill Whitlock)

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I have a 1968 Seasport II that I was just getting ready to work on so I
took the boat and trailer to a scale to way it.? Total for boat and
trailer was 3500lbs.? The trailer weights appox 600 lbs which means the
boat weighs 2900 lbs or 900 lbs more than the owner's manual says it
should.? The boat has sit out in the open for several years so I am
concerned about soaked foam but even this seems extreme.? Does anybody
have any ideas?
?
Bill

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