I've been running my 16 Angler on the Great Lakes for 13 seasons (a little bigger than a football field and rarely flat) and the boat performs admirably. It runs around 30 MPH with an Evinrude 50HP ETEC. That being said around 20 is a comfortable ride if there is even a little chop. Anything...
That is the stock prop. The engine is a 9.9 HT (high thrust). It was designed for heavy/large boats like pontoon/house boats but does a superior job of keeping me straight in a strong head wind. You can get alot of thrust with out a huge throttle adjustment. The relative flat pitch also lets you...
I have an Etec 50 and a Yamaha 9 High Thrust and would not give it up.... I had an 8 before and could troll all day (12 hours on 1.5 gallons, ~1.8-2 Mph) Both kickers have been mounted on the port side to help with balance and connected directly to the main via a custom control rod. The steering...
We cut plexi-glass at work all the time on a band saw then take the sharp edge off with the edge of a flexible ss ruler. It's easy to sand a rounded edge with 150 grit sandpaper.
My son in law mounts charts on his table top under a lexan sheet and trims the edge with a 1" x 1/4" board that has a quarter round board bonded to it. The quarter round holds the lexan down and creates an edge that also helps keep items on the table while under way. Removing a few screws...