1980 bonefisher repower

[JACKIII]

just purchased a 1980 bonefisher.  it needs a complete rebuild that I will start this winter.  the boat currently has a 2stroke 90 on it.  I would like to go bigger.  anyone ever hang a f150 on this boat?

thanks,

Jack

[80 bonefisher]

Not a F150 but we put an E-tec 135H.O. on ours. The 135 is just about  the same weight as a 150 E-tec. You can see our build on this site. Same year boat.

[JACKIII]

if the weights were the same why did you not go with the 150?

[80 bonefisher]

Price was cheaper and the 135 puts out 148 at the prop. Plenty of power. Boat tops out about 52.

[Mark_H]

I have my father's 77 Bonefisher I drove down from Texas and picked up at the factory new. He hung a 115 Johnson at the time. Thing was quick and fast enough I wouldn't want my kids to drive it. It feels/felt like you do something silly with the wheel at speed or catch a wave wrong and you might be upside down in the air wondering what direction the boat is headed relative to your eventual landing spot. Having said that I did stupid things with it as a teenager and lived.

 

I had the hull squared away a couple of years back before life intervened. If I have to replace that 115 and I'm unconcerned with speed and want to feel comfortable with my kids taking it what motor would you guys suggest?

[80 bonefisher]

I would stay with a 90hp just for the weight difference. Our 135 is fun and a little scary at times but we need to run with the trim tabs down a bit to stop the porposing caused by the weight of the engine.