We have 8' AB aluminum bottom with 5hp Merc 2stroke long shaft. Works great but won't plane with more than one aboard Cheers Rick Paige's 37+ Poulsbo, WA
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Gary Nylander via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > The J-80 I race on uses a Honda 2hp 4 stroke. Moves along quite nicely, but > vibrates. The J-24 has a Tohatsu 3 hp two stroke and also moves along nicely. > I would think anything 2 hp or more would move your inflatable well, just > don't expect to plane. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis C. via CnC-List > To: CnClist > Cc: Dennis C. > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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