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|  Smallest outboard to plane a V boat 
			
			I’m thinking a 70 might do it ….light
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			Maybe in calm water with trim tabs down. (and 3 people in the front...LOL)
		 
				__________________ 1987 V20 1996 Jonhson 150 OceanRunner | 
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			I can state positively from experience that a 65hp engine will not plane a V.  It gets real close, you can feel her want to get up, but it just doesn't do it.  The extra 5 horses of a 70 "might" just be enough.
		 
				__________________ 1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. | 
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			If you want yo go small I would get nothing smaller than a 115  now I'm not saying a 70 hp won't get you on plain but you won't like it, destroyer knows a lot more than me  and I mean ALOT MORE  but  a 115 is the smallest I would get. Are you just cruising around a lake? Than a 70 might work for you. And you have to take this into account,let's say you want to sell it down the road,who will buy it with a 70 hp? But with a 115  it will be sold.
		 
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			I've always wanted twin 70hp, it just seems like it would be fun    
				__________________ 1994 Wellcraft V21 | 
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			How about twin 50s
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