T&T: Outboard motors

[Paul Brannon]

John,

I have an 11' Avon that will just plane with two aboard with an old 6 hp 2 
stroke.  The longer the dinghy, the easier to plane.  I am changing to my 
15hp this week so that I can more easily plane with 2 or more or with 
supplies.  I would think that a 4 stroke will be less power for the weight 
and most likely will not plane the boat.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john brees" <breeswood at hotmail.com>
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:56 PM
Subject: T&T: Outboard motors


> Greetings all,
>
>
>
> I need to replace my old (antique!) 2 stroke 15 HP Johnson outboard. It is
> just too much trouble and expense to try to nurse it along for one more
> season. I have been looking at the Tohatsu and Nisson 6, 8 or 9.8 HP 4 
> stroke
> motors. We have an 11' Caribe RIB that we use in port for a shuttle. We 
> don't
> need a lot of power and speed but would like to get up on plane with 4 
> aboard
> if possible. No problem for our present motor but it is loud and smelly. I 
> am
> also concerned about weight. The 6 HP motors are around 55-60# which is 
> easily
> manageable. The 9.8 HP models go up to 85-90# which is almost more than I 
> can
> handle.
>
>
>
> What does the list say; would I get enough power form a 6 HP 4 stroke? Or 
> do
> you think I need to go with the 9.8 or larger?
>
>
>
> John Brees
>
>
>
> Huckleberry KK42 #172
>
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