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Sea Gull posted 03-29-2015 12:18 PM ET (US)
What is the maximum horspower a [a 1988 17 foot Boston Whaler boat] was made for[?] Was the design meant for the engine weight or its horsepower maximum[?]
Freddy posted 03-29-2015 01:04 PM ET (US)
100-HP
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/16-17/
jimh posted 03-30-2015 04:21 AM ET (US)

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Was the design meant for the engine weight or its horsepower maximum[?]
I am not sure what you are asking in terms of the intention of the design of the boat. As far as I can judge, in 1988 when someone designed a boat to be powered by an outboard engine, they designed it to be used with the outboard engines of that time.
In 1988 Boston Whaler did not specify a maximum engine weight. When a maximum horsepower rating was given in 1988, the best inference about the maximum engine weight that can be made today is to assume the maximum engine weight is the weight of an outboard engine of c.1988 that had 100-HP, or about 300-lbs.
For the weight of older outboard engines, see
http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/011042.html

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Author	Topic: 1988 17-Footer Maximum Horsepower
Sea Gull	posted 03-29-2015 12:18 PM ET (US) What is the maximum horspower a [a 1988 17 foot Boston Whaler boat] was made for[?] Was the design meant for the engine weight or its horsepower maximum[?]
Freddy	posted 03-29-2015 01:04 PM ET (US) 100-HP http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/16-17/
jimh	posted 03-30-2015 04:21 AM ET (US) quote: Was the design meant for the engine weight or its horsepower maximum[?] I am not sure what you are asking in terms of the intention of the design of the boat. As far as I can judge, in 1988 when someone designed a boat to be powered by an outboard engine, they designed it to be used with the outboard engines of that time. In 1988 Boston Whaler did not specify a maximum engine weight. When a maximum horsepower rating was given in 1988, the best inference about the maximum engine weight that can be made today is to assume the maximum engine weight is the weight of an outboard engine of c.1988 that had 100-HP, or about 300-lbs. For the weight of older outboard engines, see http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/011042.html