One night we had rowed our inflatable dinghy to a neighboring boat for dinner. During dinner the wind came up. Our boat owner friend towed us back to our boat with his dinghy with 2.5 hp Tohatsu. It was a little bit of a struggle but the little Tohatsu did the job.
I have a used 80's Evinrude 7.5 that will plane my 9'4" dinghy. However, if I was buying a new one, I'd definitely go much smaller. I think a 2.2-2.5 hp would be fine. The last 3-4 years I haven't even put the OB on the dink, preferring instead to row and avoid the hassle of installing/removing the heavy OB. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Michael Jones via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Ls and Gs > > Can you help me? I have recently bought an 8ft inflatable as tender and am > looking at second hand outboard options. Can you advise me of adequate size > required? Specifically I have seen a 2,2 hp advertised. Will that be enough > to potter to the dock and back? The safety sticker on the boat says up to > 5hp but that seeems a bit much and heavy. > > Thanks and regards > > Mike Jones > Seanachai, 1981 C&C 34 > Victoria > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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