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Old 07-24-2015, 07:28 AM   #9
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A friend of mine has a new 24 foot pontoon with 115 merc, I drove it , it seemed to kind of drag, wondering whether more HP would make it feel less of a drag
My pontoon boat is 24' with a 115 hp merc and on a good day, if the boat is light it will do 28-29 mph. We are not speed demons so that is plenty fast for us. If I remember correctly the guys at Irwin told me if I upgraded to the 150 hp we would need to add the a third pontoon and could only expect another 5-6 mph. Didn't seem worth it to us.
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