5 hp on a 14 foot aluminum - too weak?

[say_der]

Will a 5 hp on a 14 foot aluminum be far too weak to move it? I understand it will be painfully slow, but with two 200 or so pound guys, a false floor, some gear, a trolling motor battery, beef jerky & a couple soda pops will it be too heavy & slow to fight the wind? I'm mostly worried that I'd have worked my way across a lake, have a storm kick up & have to get the heck out of there and not be able to do it fast enough.

I typically fish small lakes anyway & watch the weather closely, but I'm just wondering if this is a safety factor I'd have to consider.

Thanks.

[MNice]

I have a wc deluxe 14 lund with a 15 HP and with 500 lbs of people and gear it gets on plane, but just barely. If saftey is your first concern, to small, if fighting wind, ect, I think you'd be OK. I can control mine in wind while casting with a 30lb thrust transom elec motor OK

[Ralph Wiggum]

You'd be slow, but it'd move just fine.

[WaveWacker]

I've gor a 14' V boat with a 5.5hp Johnson for duck hunting. Close to 450 in person weight and the thing heeped with gear. Slow? Yes, but it gets me to where I want to go.

[Slyster]

I'd say you would be just fine! Slow- sure.. but I have a 15 on my loaded down 14' Lund (with deck) and with two adults I go around 20-23 MPH or so. Of course, I get planed out... you might not.. thus greatly increasing the drag. Maybe 5-7 MPH?

[wall eyell be]

Wellll, if the choice is between a 5-horse Johnson vs a 2-oar Armstrong . . .

[Surface Tension]

Guys have been using a rig like that for decades.

Its going to get you out fishing and back.

[polarsusd81]

Well Say Der, I might have a Mariner 15 for sale in a week or so. I might be able to give you a pretty good deal on it. Thing runs like a top, gets me around, but with three people in the boat, it doesn't do too well for me.