4-5 hp outboards

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Finally happened,my little 2hp Honda seized pushing my 2.7 Honwave against the big spring tide on Saturday on the river Teign. Got my eye on a new Mariner 5hp. Any recommendations? Maybe a Tohatsu
 
tangerine said:
Finally happened,my little 2hp Honda seized pushing my 2.7 Honwave against the big spring tide on Saturday on the river Teign. Got my eye on a new Mariner 5hp. Any recommendations? Maybe a Tohatsu
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I bought a Yamaha 6hp beginning of this year and very pleased. There is no weight difference between a 4hp Yamaha and 6hp so you may as well get the 6hp IMO, especially with a 2.7 honwave, be a nice pairing. Best deal was from BHG marine in Lymington. A bit more money that Tohatsu and mariner but quality is better.... Honda only went to 5hp and for money i thought Yamaha was best deal at the time.

adds my collection of outboards, also have a lovely 3.5hp Mercury 2 stroke (very light and has a neutral) which I will never part with, but I also have a beautiful 2hp Honda outboard (water cooled type, the one before the horrid 2.3 air cooled Honda) I might just be persuaded to part with that, totally faultless, never let me down and in really good order if you fancy a direct replacement....pm me
 
Thanks for that Firefly. I,ll check out the prices down at BHG. I initially considered a Mariner rather than a Yamaha or Honda on price alone. You are correct in stating the 4hp would suit the 2.7 Honwave well.
 
tangerine said:
Thanks for that Firefly. I,ll check out the prices down at BHG. I initially considered a Mariner rather than a Yamaha or Honda on price alone. You are correct in stating the 4hp would suit the 2.7 Honwave well.
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...you get what you pay for.... with your history you must know that Jap is king when it comes to engines! (& 6hp would be my recommendation, not the 4hp but that may have just been a typo from you)
 
Does the outboard stay on the tender, or do you have to lift it on and off each time? If the former, then 6 hp sounds a good option, but if the latter then I'd try and find a used 3.3/3.5hp 2-stroke in good condition, which is almost half the weight (and about the same as your Honda).
 
Nick_H said:
Does the outboard stay on the tender, or do you have to lift it on and off each time? If the former, then 6 hp sounds a good option, but if the latter then I'd try and find a used 3.3/3.5hp 2-stroke in good condition, which is almost half the weight (and about the same as your Honda).
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our fleet of outboard weights below;

Yamaha 6hp - 27kg
Mercury 3.5hp - 9kg
Honda BF2hp - 12kg
 
Nick_H said:
I thought all the small 2 strokes were a similar weight at about 13 kgs, so 9 sounds very light, but either way it's a lot easier to handle on and off a bouncy tender than 27 kgs.
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indeed, 27kg is a bit of a weight to move around... & quite possible that I may be wrong on weight of Merc... I'm sure I saw somewhere it was 9kg... but may have been my imagination.
 
Hello again Firefly. Thought I should let you know, I popped into BHG on Saturday and bought a Yam 5hp. Ive yet to try it on my inflateable,but Im sure it will be a lot more fun than the old 2hpHonda. I,ll probably find I spend more time with this combination than aboard LennyVee, my little ship. Thanks for the tip.
 
tangerine said:
Hello again Firefly. Thought I should let you know, I popped into BHG on Saturday and bought a Yam 5hp. Ive yet to try it on my inflateable,but Im sure it will be a lot more fun than the old 2hpHonda. I,ll probably find I spend more time with this combination than aboard LennyVee, my little ship. Thanks for the tip.
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A pleasure, those yamaha's are the best small outboards available so easy to recommend. @ BHG a good business to deal with.
 
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