twin engine bass boat

[JONNYTX]

I am only 17, but i am a huge bass fisherman(as are yall) and I am looking at bass boats so that when I graduate I will know what I want/ what is available.

I am fascinated by speed and power thus I am interested in a boat with twin outboards. my question is . if it is possible, would it have to be a custom build, and any other info that pertains to a twin outboard bass boat like engines, hulls and boat size. 

[BrianinMD]

Would be custom and unnecessary overkill 

[JONNYTX]

thankyou. 

 

[crypt]

there was a guy in south Florida years ago who built a cat style bass boat with twin 75's on it. haven't seen one in  30 years ore more. was a cool looking boat. he never got enough people interested to build a lot of em. 

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Sure, buy a 14ft John boat and slap two 9.9's on the back of that jewel! 

[JONNYTX]

that would work but i am looking towards the future and am thinking about legal baff boat. thankyou tho

[Way2slow]

I've seen one Gambler with twin 2.5 260 merc racing engines.  Can't say it was a setup I would want.

I'm also a person with the need for speed but I prefer to do it with just one engine.  You can go just as fast, and cheaper. 

First, you have to check the States laws on over powering a boats hull rating. 

Then you have to be wiling a suffer the consequences if you are in an accident.  The lawyers will have you for lunch and not many insurance companies are going to cover you.

You can build a 3.3 Evinrude with about 450hp (all you need is deep pockets) and call Dave Bush Racing for his piston/sleeve kit, then the know how to do all the work, or pay someone with the know how.  I've built two of them and they are ungodly strong and fast.  One I did almost a year ago and the guy still has not had the nerve or skill to go WOT with it.

 

[JONNYTX]

Thank you so much.

I am new to bass fishing and boats so I am trying to learn what I can before I graduate HS and am out on my own.

[webertime]

Once you hit 75mph+ in a bass boat you won't feel the need to go much faster.  75+ is attainable in many modern boats with no "tweaks".  I know of a Phoenix 721 with a flashed 250 Yammy SHO on it that hits 84mph.  

2 Outboards is twice the maintenance and gas $$$$. 

[Choporoz]

http://www.mercuryracing.com/oddities-rarities-part-2-bass-boat-power/

[Gundog]

2 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

http://www.mercuryracing.com/oddities-rarities-part-2-bass-boat-power/

I want 2. One in black and one in gold. 

[WRB]

It comes down to weight to hp ratio and back in the late 50's the highest hp OB was Merc 75 inline 6. My family raced boats and sponsored by Mercury, our 14' boat ran 2 Merc 75's Quick Silver over drive lower units with a top speed of 83 mph, that was fast back then. Today 300 hp OB's are availble about the weight as 2 Merc 75's. No need for 2 OB's today.

Tom

[JONNYTX]

well, yall know what yall are talking about. I really appreciate your input. I love learning new things thank yall so much.

[J Francho]

Put this on a light Bullet/Stroker/Allison hull and you won't need two.  My 22' bullet does 84 mph with a 2.5L ProMax.  Imagine what another 150 horses would do. There's some video of a guy running 100+ in a Stroker with a 300hp 3.2L.

 

http://www.mercuryracing.com/outboards/engines/race-offshore/

[davecon]

30 plus years ago a local speed freak dealer put two 150 Mercs on an 18 foot Hydrasport. It got on plane REAL quick but top end was about the same as with one motor. Due to additional weight and increased drag of the extra lower unit in the water it really didn’t go much, if any, faster. To each his own but I would advise against it.

[slonezp]

Just buy an Allison

[Yakalong]

Actually with so many people obsessed with speed I'm surprised this hasn't been done. 

[Way2slow]

As mentioned, the extra drag and weight of the second motor, really does not give that much of a gain in speed.  Sometime back in the late 60's I had a 16' Allison with a Merc 135BHP race motor on it.  I installed a second 135BHP and gained seven miles per hour.  Granted, for back then 87mph was hauling A**, and that's what the boat would do with twin 135BHP's.

My Javenlin R-20 DC with stock 225 Ficht, will run 76mph on a good day with just me and not heavily loaded, 72 with normal load and two people.  I can put my 326hp modified 3.0 Johnson on it and it will 84mph with full load, two people, and live well full.  I put those 400+ hp 3.3 Rudes on it to break them in and check them out before sending them home and with no setup and the same prop I run on my 3.0, it gps'd 92.6.  Now that moving for a 1,600 pound hull.

[crypt]

Bullet....................there is a reason they're called Bullet................they be really fast.....

[Way2slow]

I stay away from the Hydro-Rockets like the Bullets and Allison's.  Been there, done that, I've had a couple and most speed freaks (like me) can never be satisfied.  It's a constant money pit and working on it trying to get those extra few mph out of it.  Get a lead sled like my Javelin and you know it's only going so fast without massive amounts of power.

[Troy85]

There's a guy by me that fishes the Wed evening tourney who has an Allison.  He says it does 95 on a good day.  I can't verify his exact speed when he blows past me, but I can tell you...its fast.  With that in mind,  you can probably achieve your speed goals with a single engine.

[J Francho]

Two strong guys pushing a cart isn't going to go faster than one guy pushing a cart.

[WRB]

Weight is a factor along with how much hull is wet, could be 1 sq foot and that isn't much drag surface when Teflon coated. Pro speed/pitch/cup/number of blades all contribute to speed, plus you need the hp to spin the prop, the prop needs to stay in the water and hull shape lift to take advantage of it. Very Few outboard boat drivers are capable of handling boats exceeding 80 mph, over 100 mph bad things can happen fast on public water.

Tom

[jbmaine]

Imagine all the trophy bass your zipping by in a hurry to get some where else.

[Logan S]

1 hour ago, jbmaine said:

Imagine all the trophy bass your zipping by in a hurry to get some where else.

The same amount per mile as the guys going 30mph