Outboard care when left onboard/Outboard Well splashing

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I have a 5HP 20kilo outboard engine which I want to leave onboard (down below) rather than take it ashore (boat is a 20ft yacht on swinging drying mooring). I'm conscious that ideal care would be to run the engine in fresh water after use - but this is naturally tricky in the small confines of the boat. Does anyone have any ideas for equipment to flush/pump it through?

Outboard also sits in a well and there is a lot of splashing up around the engine - any ideas on rigging something to stop this?
Perhaps i shouldnt be worrying? I could probably get it ashore once a month to flush it through.
 
My outboard lives on the transom bracket all summer but it is lifted clear of the water. It comes home and is then flushed at the end of the season.
I used to lift it off and store it in the cabin but even then did not flush it. When new it weighed just over 27 kg but it seems very much heavier 25 years later /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
If you leave it with the lower unit in the water pay particular attention to the anode(s) replacing it/them when more than 50% wasted (note some outboards have anodes that are only accessible when the LU is partly dismantled). Also maintain the LU seals in good condition and do not reuse the seals on the filler and level plugs.

Completely impractical to flush it through on the boat IMHO.

I have had one outboard stolen ... from the cabin!!
 
I have a similar arrangement. My 2 stroke engine sits in a well at the back of the cockpit. After use I can then lift the engine to stow in the cockpit locker. As VicS I usually only manage to fresh water rinse it at the end of the season. It seems fine with this treatment, though I do allow it to drain properly (stood upright) on the cockpit sole before laying it in the locker.

I too have pondered how I could fresh water rinse it on the boat, but after looking around the moorings here there are plenty of engines clamped to transoms that will only receive a f/water rinse once a year - if that.
 
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