I was pleasantly surprised by the power and it started pretty easy also the temperature was in the mid 50's. I tried something I not done before and that was to power it on the trailer. My power boat is much easier to see the front of the trailer. I had a little tailing cross wind but have upright plastic poles on the trailer to help guide me on. Well, the bow of the boat missed the front roller and I kept powering the boat and it was forward of the roller about 2 feet. I kept the motor running fast enough to keep the prop engaged went forward stood on the trailer pushed against the boat to realign it on the front roller and with the motor running there was enough force to keep the boat in place while I hooked up to the trailer.
I ran the motor at about half throttle with the autopilot on while I was raising the jib and main and it purred right along. Hope that story helped, Bill Phoenix M-15 #631 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Michael Carter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I wanted to follow up w/ you about your high altitude sail and the > performance of your Honda. I don't know whether you have sailed at lower > altitudes and have a basis for comparison, but did the Honda behave well? > Notice any appreciable loss of power? > > Thanks, Mike > La Pequenita M 15 #654 > > > I have a Honda 2hp and will be motoring at 6000ft this weekend let you know > how it works. I think the little Honda is pretty light on the gas anyway > so > we will see the wind does can kick in the high deserts of Arizona where I > sail and I could use all available power to get back to the dock directly > into the wind. I also have a 2stroke Yamaha jet boat gets 50mph in Phoenix > area lakes gets 45 at White Mountain Lake in northern Arizona so we will > see. Let you know Bill M-15 hull#631 > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
