Backup Outboard

[junovo]

Hi
I need to buy a backup outboard for a Oyster 16ft motor boat. How do I calculate which outboard to buy such as power and weight etc. I could not find any articles on buying outboards.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Nautorius]

Hello,

I used to use a 2 stroke Mercury 2.2hp on the back of a Leisure 17. It performed well enough although in strong tides I would have prefered a little more grunt like the 3.3HP. You

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[MVP]

Rob we had a 3.3 Mariner 2 stroke on our Oyster 16.

It was light enough to manhandle between our tender and the Oysters auxilliary bracket too

MVP

MVP

 

[ontheplane]

All good advice.

What you need though is THRUST not Power (don't get confused between the two).

Therefore look for a 2.5 / 3.3 which is light - or if you can live with the weight, and can find one, look for a 5hp sailpower engine which will give more thrust per kg of weight that anything else, and will give an excellent performance as an auxiliary