I've got kind of a complicated question...any help would be great.

I have a 18ft pontoon boat with a 1990 9.9 Mariner Outboard. Ok, I know
what you're thinking, and no, it doesn't go very fast. The boat was
moored on a lake with a Horsepower restriction. So, I want a bigger
motor. I would like to purchase the 25HP Mercury that Academy Sports &
Outdoors sells
[http://www.academy.com/index.php?pag...arine&pgNum=2],
but I don't know if it will work (i.e. rigging, shaft length, etc).
Any Ideas?

I'm not sure how the 9.9 rigs for "convetional" boats. All the ones I saw
used a tiller handle.

That said... so long as your barge uses standard through the "tilt-tube"
steering it outta be pretty easy.

If your going brand new the 50hp 2-stroke triple is a good bargain. Even 25
is way too small for a pontoon, the 50 is even small, but the 50 can at
least power it.

-W

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I've got kind of a complicated question...any help would be great.

I have a 18ft pontoon boat with a 1990 9.9 Mariner Outboard. Ok, I know
what you're thinking, and no, it doesn't go very fast. The boat was
moored on a lake with a Horsepower restriction. So, I want a bigger
motor. I would like to purchase the 25HP Mercury that Academy Sports &
Outdoors sells
[http://www.academy.com/index.php?pag...arine&pgNum=2],
but I don't know if it will work (i.e. rigging, shaft length, etc).
Any Ideas?

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He already said he is restricted so I am guessing 25 is the top.

He didn't say he was restricted. R.I.F.

-W

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I've got kind of a complicated question...any help would be great.

I have a 18ft pontoon boat with a 1990 9.9 Mariner Outboard. Ok, I know
what you're thinking, and no, it doesn't go very fast. The boat was
moored on a lake with a Horsepower restriction. So, I want a bigger
motor. I would like to purchase the 25HP Mercury that Academy Sports &
Outdoors sells
[http://www.academy.com/index.php?pag...arine&pgNum=2],
but I don't know if it will work (i.e. rigging, shaft length, etc).
Any Ideas?

so, the general consensus is that 25 HP isn't enough? I can get up to
7.4 mph right now, I'd like to double that.

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I've got kind of a complicated question...any help would be great.


I have a 18ft pontoon boat with a 1990 9.9 Mariner Outboard.

I would like to purchase the 25HP Mercury that Academy Sports &

What is the max HP rating on the transom for this boat ? 9.9 seems
small for a 18ft, but you can't exceed the max HP rating for the boat.