I have new 4 stroke 15hp. I am going to be using the motor for trolling. The specie that I target require that I run the motor as slow as it will go. I am trolling about 1-1.5mph. I know that people do this, but now that I have a new motor I am wondering if it is hard on it? Harder than normal...
I am purchasing 20in transom boat in the next day or so. I have an older evinrude engine which measures 17.5 inches to the bottom of the cavitation plate. I know that this would probably technically be considered a 15in... but I think maybe it is old enough that they were not very uniform on the...