[Vwdiesel] Towing boat with 85 Jetta

[brian gochnauer]

The boat has more HP than a NA diesel,  maybe if you could figure out how to
use that 90HP johnson to help push it along.  LOL

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a long shot, but I'm hoping someone here has experience towing a
> 14'-16' boat with
> their Jetta. Specifically, I'm looking at this boat:
>
> http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/7065512
>
> I've towed a 14' aluminum with 35hp, and a 14' fiberglass with 75hp, but
> that was years ago,
> the fg boat I only pulled once, so I don't remember it much. The 90HP
> outboard on this boat
> is 170kg on (nearly 400lbs), and the trailer is probably 300lbs, with the
> boat at perhaps 900-
> 1500lbs. So I'm looking at 1600lbs at least. Long term I would probably put
> a hitch on my
> Westy to pull it, but I'm curious if anyone has tried a similar boat/motor
> combo on a Jetta  (a
> tired NA diesel at that...)
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
> '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
> '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
>
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