Thread: Power boat for the young fulla

So I know this question would be better posted on a boating forum but to save me signing up for one question I thought I might as well post it here in case anybody knows something about boating.

I have recently acquired a 15hp Yamaha 2 stroke with the intention of building a small hull to mount the motor on for the kids to burn around the lakes on.

Now I don't want to build the boat over 2.5m long and its only guna be carrying a child up to 40-50kg, is the 15hp motor going to be to much an back flip the little suckers if they give it to much juice or is that about right?

I've considered offering the 15hp on TM to swap for something round 7-10hp but I want them to be able to get up on the plane.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated, once I get the motor sorted I can get started building the hull on AutoCad