75hp on a 6.5m Ring ?

[Northern Chap]

6.5m Ring currently has a 75hp Mercury 4 stroke ( 2004/400hrs ). Would this be a little underpowered ? Inshore, bay hopping etc ?

[Dry Run]

In a word - YES!

[xpertski]

Absolutely! It’ll push it ... probably get on the plane fine but stick some weight in and it’ll likely struggle. We had a 140suzuki on a 6.3m Humber but swapped that for more power (it was fine and not underpowered but didn’t set the world alight with speed ... 75hp sounds very low for that boat!

[Northern Chap]

Thankyou, my thoughts too so you have kindly confirmed this ����

[charliee]

definitely confirmed!

[Pikey Dave]

Needs another 100horses minimum.

[nick miller]

Just spoke to Mike Ring who said Max engine size is 200hp

[xpertski]

Is think something like a 150 would be fine

[Bigplumbs]

75 hp is for about 4.8 - 5.0 m Rib not much bigger boat if you want to have some fun

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Needs another 100horses minimum.