Motor height on pontoon boat.

Outboard motor height on pontoon. Only been out in it a few times so far but noticed that it tends to very easily cavitateventilate when turning at moderate speed on plane 22-26 mph and trimmed out to level. Keep these concerns in mind when buying a new pontoon boat or repowering your current boat. The engine on a pontoon operates in very turbulent water so the lower you get it into the water the better.

Originally mine was mounted in the second hole from the top and he changed it to the top hole to lower the engine about 1 inch. Based on the previous information most 24-foot pontoon boats would do just fine with a 150HP motor. If youre getting 28 MPH with a 15 pitch aluminum prop I dont think you need to do anything in terms of motor height.

I do want to make sure the motor height is right though even if performance is only slightly affected. This reduces the power of the propeller especially its push on water. Make sure it isnt too deep or an unnecessary drag will be created.

A 50 HP motor on a 20 foot toon is going to want all the bite it can get. Just mount the motor full down. The motor was too high but mounted as low as possible.

Adjusting the mounting height of an outboard on the boat transom can affect performance and. Providing directional control 6. In fact unless you have a bunch of power say 100 hp or more mounting full down is the best setup.

First the motor ventilates with anything much above 23s throttle and has prop slippage. Delivering low-speed thrust 4. My understanding is most pontoons need a 20.