On the handle there is a speed feature with 8 speeds.

Fastest jon boat. 10 Foot Jon Boat Performance A 10 foot Jon Boat is a good baseline starting point for Jon Boats unless your average scenario will be extremely short movements with very little weight required. Currently rig will go 32-34mph me and a gas tank perfect chop down wind on a windy day with a 3X15 ss prop not sure of. When the boat starts to slow down stop trimming.

Launching a boat at a place called Bings Landing anglers have to be extremely careful because just a couple hundred of yards downstream are the Naptowne Rapids. Probably the fastest production boats. However the cost is out of reach for a few of us with todays prices.

Then gently increase the speed until the bow lifts up and out of the water. Mini bass boats are tri-hull or pontoon hulls that draft deeper but that isnt a big difference in the small fishing boat market. 18 foot Jon boats can usually take a 20 25 hp outboard motor.

A pontoon hull is more stable than a mono hull. Today we build the most rugged hardest working line-up of Jons using the best materials available. This boat length will usually allow for a 5hp engine with some models permitting up to 10hp engines.

The 5hp engine will put you in the 10mph range while the 750-10hp engines will push you 15 mph. The amount of required buoyancy 12 x 425 x 062 135 1000-35. The size of the motor that should be mounted on a Jon boat will vary with the size of the boat and its weight capacity.

16 Foot Jon Boat Speed. 5 mph 8 kph for 25-3 HP motors. Our Jons battle the elements with 5052-H34 aluminum alloy.