Re: Stus-List outboard size

2015-11-11 Thread svpegasus38
I have a 9' Achilles rib wi a 15hp merc 2stroke. But it doesn't seem any to have any more power than the old 8hp mariner of the same vintage. Best part is both engines weigh the same. Garhauer motor crane to store moror on stern rail and spinaker halyard to store dinghy on fordeck. 

Re: Stus-List Outboard size

2015-11-03 Thread Damian Greene via CnC-List
, October 26, 2015 9:32 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Michael Jones Subject: Stus-List outboard size   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 h

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2015-11-03 Thread Patrick Wesley via CnC-List
> > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Michael > Jones via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 9:32 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Michael Jones > Subject: Stus-List outboard size > > Ls and Gs > > Can you help me? I have r

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2015-10-29 Thread Paul Baker via CnC-List
I have the little Suzuki 2.5. Good engine. Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:03:26 -0300 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com CC: dwight...@gmail.com You will like lightweight and the little Suzuki 2.5 hp is the lightest on the market I think and

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2015-10-29 Thread Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List
I have a 3.5 hp, 30 pound Tohatsu outboard which makes my portabote get up on plane quite easily. Bill Bina On 10/29/2015 8:59 AM, Nate Flesness via CnC-List wrote: I like lightweight more than dink speed and have been happy with a 27 lb., 1.2 hp(!) Johnson/Evinrude 2-stroke, available used fo

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2015-10-29 Thread Nate Flesness via CnC-List
I like lightweight more than dink speed and have been happy with a 27 lb., 1.2 hp(!) Johnson/Evinrude 2-stroke, available used for ~$300 here. It moves an inflatable WM dink carrying 2-3 people with dignity, not thrills. Being several decades past my twenties, I find 27 lbs a very attractive featur

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2015-10-29 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
You will like lightweight and the little Suzuki 2.5 hp is the lightest on the market I think and it will easily do the trick Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Michael Jones via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.

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2015-10-26 Thread Robert Boyer via CnC-List
> > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della > Barba, Joe via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 1:43 PM > To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' > Cc: Della Barba, Joe > Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size > > &g

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2015-10-26 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
.@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List *Sent:* Monday, October 26, 2015 1:43 PM *To:* 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' *Cc:* Della Barba, Joe *Subject:* Re: Stus-List outboard size IMHO there are two ways to go with an outboard: Go big or go tiny. I have a 15 HP 2 stroke E

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2015-10-26 Thread Chris Price via CnC-List
I have a 4 stroke, 4 hp Yamaha. Great engine. Use it all winter for duck hunting. It will get my sneakboat on a plane and all summer on my soft bottom inflatable. The inflatable will plane with one person but not two. I can lift it from the dink to the pushpin rail by myself but it helps to be s

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2015-10-26 Thread jtsails via CnC-List
rebuild. YMMV, but I’m not a big fan of their products. James Delaney C&C 38 Mk2 Oriental, NC From: Michael Jones via CnC-List Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:32 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Michael Jones Subject: Stus-List outboard size Ls and Gs Can you help me? I have rece

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2015-10-26 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
are a spendy. > > > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Della > Barba, Joe via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, October 26, 2015 1:43 PM > *To:* 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' > *Cc:* Della Barba, Joe > *Subject:* Re: Stus-Lis

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2015-10-26 Thread Pete Shelquist via CnC-List
Cc: Della Barba, Joe Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size IMHO there are two ways to go with an outboard: Go big or go tiny. I have a 15 HP 2 stroke Evinrude I really like. We can do 18-20 knots with 3-4 people in the dinghy and we can two a tube with a kid or two at planning speeds. If I we

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2015-10-26 Thread Martin DeYoung via CnC-List
9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Michael Jones via CnC-List Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 9:32 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Michael Jones Subject: Stus-List outboard size Ls and Gs Can you help me? I have recently bought an

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2015-10-26 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
load or in rough weather. IMHO and YMMV From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander via CnC-List Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 1:28 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Gary Nylander Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size The J-80 I race on uses a Honda 2hp 4 st

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2015-10-26 Thread Rick Rohwer via CnC-List
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

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2015-10-26 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List
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 t

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2015-10-26 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
> To: CNC CNC > Cc: David > Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 1:07 pm > Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size > > Pick up a used 2 stroke. My 4hp Yamaha starts all the time and is much > lighter than the comparable 4 stroke and powers the high pressure floored > Avon just fine.I

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2015-10-26 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
David Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 1:07 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List outboard size Pick up a used 2 stroke. My 4hp Yamaha starts all the time and is much lighter than the comparable 4 stroke and powers the high pressure floored Avon just fine.I do own a 4 stroke 8hp, but she sits on the RIB and never

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2015-10-26 Thread David via CnC-List
the additional horsepower. David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 (cell) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:32:01 -0700 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List outboard size From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com CC: jones.mi...@gmail.com Ls and Gs Can you help me? I have recently bought an 8ft inflatable as tender

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2015-10-26 Thread David Blair via CnC-List
Subject: Stus-List outboard size 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

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2015-10-26 Thread Robert Boyer via CnC-List
This subject shows how we are all different. I am preparing for cruising in the Bahamas and will be buying a new Yamaha 9.9 for a 10-foot RIB. This is so that I can reach distant snorkeling spots and make it into port from far off anchorages. In a past trip to the Bahamas I used an 8-foot har

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2015-10-26 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
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

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2015-10-26 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Mike — as long as you’re not expecting to plane or work into heavy swells, I think a 2.2hp would be a good fit. Much more portable than my 6hp Mercury on my 9.2’ Seaworthy dinghy. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Oct 26, 2

Stus-List outboard size

2015-10-26 Thread Michael Jones via CnC-List
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 boa