War Eagle or XPress for Surface Drive

[Let um land]

The idle boat for any surface drive is 16' minimum. You can get away with a 15' boat as long as it's just a light load. Width with the boats you mentioned is not a big deal, it doesn't matter if you plan on putting anything more than yourself and ya hunting gear. They will all just plow thru the water. If they are ribbed bottom boats, mount the motor 1" off center to the left, to get the motor offset of the center rib. I've had two set up's like this, it's the little things that make the boat.

[Natural Light Kid]

Originally Posted by Let um land

The idle boat for any surface drive is 16' minimum. You can get away with a 15' boat as long as it's just a light load. Width with the boats you mentioned is not a big deal, it doesn't matter if you plan on putting anything more than yourself and ya hunting gear. They will all just plow thru the water. If they are ribbed bottom boats, mount the motor 1" off center to the left, to get the motor offset of the center rib. I've had two set up's like this, it's the little things that make the boat.

Interesting. I had a MB hyperdrive on a ribbed bottom boat with the motor centered on the trsnsom. Im about to rig a Prodrive on a 17/56 Alweld. What does setting the motor an inch off of the rib do?

[Big Hutch]

Like the Kid I'm really curious about how the slight offset affects the performance. Please elaborate. Hole shot? Top end? Turning? Planing?

Thanks
Robbie aka Big Hutch

[Let um land]

With out going into detail. I called bs the first time I heard it, since have done it on two different ribbed bottom boats with 23hp sd's. It offsets for tiller tourque and helps performance. Basically gets the motor offset of the center rib. Secondly, I would never own another ribbed boat with a surface drive, both times was in a hurry to put a rig together after picking up a lease late.