How many outboards do you need in your tender?

[Chiara’s slave]

I despair

I do know smeone who bought a boat in a DEA auction. An Edgewater 26 with 2 yamaha 250 2 strokes. The fastest I’ve ever travelled on water. It would do over 70kn apparently. Though you needed a mortgage for the fuel.

 

[jac]

Damn it!...he could outrun my Torqeedo

To be fair - 1 Tohatsu 2.5 would outrun a Torqeedo

 

[john_morris_uk]

To be fair - 1 Tohatsu 2.5 would outrun a Torqeedo

A fit rower will outrun a Torqeedo.

 

[Bouba]

A fit rower will outrun a Torqeedo.

I’ll have you know that I got over four knots once

 

[john_morris_uk]

I’ll have you know that I got over four knots once

Was the tide flowing strongly? High wind?

 

[westernman]

A fit rower will outrun a Torqeedo.

An unfit rower can outrun a Torqeedo.
And go further before running out of energy/battery.

A decent rowing eight in good conditions (no wind/waves/current) will average over 12 knots over a standard 2000m race course.

 

[Bouba]

An unfit rower can outrun a Torqeedo.

A decent rowing eight in good conditions (no wind/waves/current) will average over 12 knots over a standard 2000m race course.

Trust me..eight in my dingy won’t be going fast

 

[Chiara’s slave]

To be fair - 1 Tohatsu 2.5 would outrun a Torqeedo

Unless the plug oiled up. In which case, you’ll get more exercise than a rower, on the start rope. Meanwhile, the electric outboard will silently potter away to the moorings, admiring the bird life on the way. Electrics ain’t quick, but they always start. My wife loves ours.

 

[fredrussell]

Four outboards? Amateurs.

 

[westernman]

Four outboards? Amateurs.

Amateurs.

What you really need is a jet engine.

 

[ChromeDome]

Even with one engine only you can be fast enough to hold a world record for 45 years:

511.11 km/h (317.59 mph) was achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia in 1978.
He, and his son, are still planning to set a new record, in an optimized boat of similar design.

 

[fredrussell]

Amateurs.

What you really need is a jet engine.

Just the one? Not trying hard enough.

Admittedly, 317 mph is “trying hard enough”. That said, my early Torqeedo will top 250 mph with three PP9’s gaffa taped to the battery pack and wired in series.

 

[38mess]

I was in conversation with two Romanian guys on Wednesday, they were admiring one of our work ribs, it has twin mercury 220hps. They say they have 4 outboards on their ribs back home usually. I don't know why, two is fine.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Even with one engine only you can be fast enough to hold a world record for 45 years:

511.11 km/h (317.59 mph) was achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia in 1978.
He, and his son, are still planning to set a new record, in an optimized boat of similar design.

They just need to add a couple of Tohatsus.

 

[Wansworth]

I was in conversation with two Romanian guys on Wednesday, they were admiring one of our work ribs, it has twin mercury 220hps. They say they have 4 outboards on their ribs back home usually. I don't know why, two is fine.

We’re they nice people

 

[Wansworth]

The Guardia Civil recently took charge of a super launch that can out run fast ribs,built of Aluminium in the ria de Vigo and designed specifically to catch drug runners

 

[38mess]

We’re they nice people

They seemed like good guys.

 

[ChromeDome]

I was in conversation with two Romanian guys on Wednesday, they were admiring one of our work ribs, it has twin mercury 220hps. They say they have 4 outboards on their ribs back home usually. I don't know why, two is fine.

Did they express any interest in helping you get rid of the two you have in excess?

 

[38mess]

Did they express any interest in helping you get rid of the two you have in excess?

I'm pretty sure they were ledgit

 

[Rappey]

Three Tohatsu 2.5s make a mean drug running boat.

2.5hp are for pussys. Mine were full on unrestricted 3.5 hp