Just bought a 16 ft fletcher bravo 115hp evinrude e-tec with viper stainless steel prop 45mph flat out was a bit disapointed hoped 50 plus mph can i get it to go faster. can i fit 150hp on this boat.?

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Hi there! I also have a fletcher 16ft arrowsport bravo, you should find that it will have a plate on the back of the boat that states 90hp is the max outboard size (or two holes where the previous owner drilled it out to sell it! ). 150 would be way to high for this boat! The best bet is to play around with prop sizes etc. Some props are good for acceleration and others for top speed. Find out the ideal rev. range on your engine at wide open throttle and test to see what it is at top speed. If the revs are below the recommended, then you need a new prop to give better top end. 45 knots is pretty good!! I wouldn't expect more from this boat. Is that on gps or internal speedo? The dash speedo will be out by about 5-20percent at a guess so you need to try with gps. ps: i think i saw that boat on ebay!