# any boaters ? question about weight vs. HP laws **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 20, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-boaters-question-about-weight-vs-hp-laws/12286 "2006-05-20T02:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-boaters-question-about-weight-vs-hp-laws/12286/8 "2006-05-22T01:22:27Z")
yea to much power wouldnt be good. if we have to much power ill put a stop or detent on it, so we can hammer the gas and then throttle back to “safe” for some high speed cruising, but i dont expect that to be a problem, as the plans for the boat mention the possibility of installing a vord v8 for power 🙂 altho the plans for the rocket on [svensons.com](http://svensons.com) dont mention a finished hull weight, the “hot rod” on glen-l is a similar boat in size and design. on that boat, hull weight is approx 600, and is ment for v-8 power the difference is that the “hotrod” is v-drive, and the rocket is a simple prop on a propshaft arrangement --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-boaters-question-about-weight-vs-hp-laws/12286)._