Sea Hunt Triton 212-underpowered?

[MTC]

This may help

http://continuouswave.com/cgi-bin/crouchcalc.pl

At 3500 lbs and 115 hp you would break 30 mph with the wind....

[Bigcat]

Wow,that is dead on for my boat

[quick decision]

Its common for dealers to underpower boats to keep the cost down. That was Bayliners trick for years. 115 is to small in my oppion. I had a 220HP mercrusier i/o on my proline 21 walk. That seemed just right.

[ThomCat]

We have a 21 SeaHunt that came with a 2001 150HP Johnson 6-carb motor. It was alright but after a few years we got an offer we couldn't refuse on a 03 'Rude 225 F.I. which ran well until it blew up. It was under warranty so they rebuilt it and it ran fine. A bit of overkill, though, as we rarely were able to use all those ponies. But when we could it really stood up. Just traded that for a 07 175 E-Tech. Should be plenty of juice but we'll have to see what happens.

[piemma]

I have a Sea Hunt 172 with a 90 Yama. My GPS says 37knots at 4500 RPMs.

The Sea Hunt hull is amazing! I had this boat (with #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&) in 4 to 6ft seas and a 40 knot wind out of the NE. We stayed dry all the way from Quonset to Warwick Cove. I had to throttle back some but I have been all over, all the way to Beavertail, Anawan, Narrow River, Newport and never felt in harms way. Heavy boat for it's size. At 17' 2" with a full tank of gas and the T Top it weighs right around 2000#.

I plan on moving up to a 20 or 21 when I have saved enough to buy it cash.