Tim Good
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As part of an article I'm writing I'd like to know what types of outboard people are using. This question really goes out to those who are cruising as I appreciate some people don't have a tender.
POLL: What type of outboard do you have?
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Daydream believer
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Seagull- Why would anybody want anything else?
Dodgy poll, No facility for ticking 2 stroke AND row
Dodgy poll, No facility for ticking 2 stroke AND row
sailaboutvic
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I think more would be ticking 2 Stoke if we could still buy them ,
Unlucky or us we can't get our hands on one
Unlucky or us we can't get our hands on one
NealB
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Suzuki - Why would anybody want anything else?
Dodgy poll, No facility for ticking, "own a rarely used 4 stroke, but nearly always row".
Dodgy poll, No facility for ticking, "own a rarely used 4 stroke, but nearly always row".
25931
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If you are writing an article perhaps you might consider what people would like to use if it were available i.e. a practical electric at a competitive price.
Rappey
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4 stroke for larger engine for fuel economy.
2 stroke for small engine due to huge weight benefits. Noticeable when you have to carry the thing .
2 stroke for small engine due to huge weight benefits. Noticeable when you have to carry the thing .
Boathook
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I've got a 2 stroke and 4 stroke but can't tick both boxes.
Refueler
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To expand on the poll :
All 2 strokers
Good running reliable order :
Mariner 3hp ... early 90's - used for my Avon dinghy
Johnson 3hp ... early 2000'ish - was used for my race yacht in Tallin - now spare for dinghy
Johnson 4.5hp twin ... late 80's - used on my day sailer cabin boat on tiver
Evinrude Fast twin 18hp ... mid 80's - was used on the Soviet Speedboat I sold
Mariner 20hp .... early 90's ... used on the Soviet Speedboat I kept for the river
No runners as 'conversation pieces' ! You need Gorilla's strength to try pull start cords on them !
2x Veta Soviet 30hp .... one came with one of Soviet Speedboats, other was given to me as spares
2x Neptune Soviet 25hp ... donated to me by local sadist !!
1 unknown Soviet 25hp !! ... it appeared outside my barn one day !! think same sadist dropped it off !!
Honest - those Soviet motors are evil !!
Thought people might like to see the 'motor control' levers Soviet style ...
All 2 strokers
Good running reliable order :
Mariner 3hp ... early 90's - used for my Avon dinghy
Johnson 3hp ... early 2000'ish - was used for my race yacht in Tallin - now spare for dinghy
Johnson 4.5hp twin ... late 80's - used on my day sailer cabin boat on tiver
Evinrude Fast twin 18hp ... mid 80's - was used on the Soviet Speedboat I sold
Mariner 20hp .... early 90's ... used on the Soviet Speedboat I kept for the river
No runners as 'conversation pieces' ! You need Gorilla's strength to try pull start cords on them !
2x Veta Soviet 30hp .... one came with one of Soviet Speedboats, other was given to me as spares
2x Neptune Soviet 25hp ... donated to me by local sadist !!
1 unknown Soviet 25hp !! ... it appeared outside my barn one day !! think same sadist dropped it off !!
Honest - those Soviet motors are evil !!
Thought people might like to see the 'motor control' levers Soviet style ...
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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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All 4 strokes:
Tohatsu 6 hp
Tohatsu 3.5 hp
Suzuki 2.5 hp
Honda 2.0 hp
Mercury 3.5 hp
Honda 5.0 hp
Tohatsu 6 hp
Tohatsu 3.5 hp
Suzuki 2.5 hp
Honda 2.0 hp
Mercury 3.5 hp
Honda 5.0 hp
NealB
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A trim looking little ship you've got there Capt'n!!
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Rappey
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Nice old aluminium boats. I had a similar one, a pearly miss. Took so little power to make it fly.. think it was 1960,s
Daydream believer
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Not a soviet spy by any chance?No runners as 'conversation pieces' ! You need Gorilla's strength to try pull start cords on them !
2x Veta Soviet 30hp .... one came with one of Soviet Speedboats, other was given to me as spares
2x Neptune Soviet 25hp ... donated to me by local sadist !!
1 unknown Soviet 25hp !! ... it appeared outside my barn one day !! think same sadist dropped it off !!
Honest - those Soviet motors are evil !!
For anyone who can remember, that looks like a "Yachting World Runabout" home build from plans in the 60s
My dad built one, before the sillyette
laika
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2 stroke because it came with the boat but I find the noise embarrassing. Seems impolite to other folks at anchor enjoying the peace. In fact I have a bad habit of insisting on rowing simply because I don't want to disturb people. Sometime in the next couple of years I will definitely go electric.
NealB
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For anyone who can remember, that looks like a "Yachting World Runabout" home build from plans in the 60s
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I think you might be right!
To me, she certainly conjures up visions of 1960's Chris Craft type glamour and wealth, in a pretty, and unostentatious, little package.
For anyone who can remember, that looks like a "Yachting World Runabout" home build from plans in the 60s
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I think you might be right!
To me, she certainly conjures up visions of 1960's Chris Craft type glamour and wealth, in a pretty, and unostentatious, little package.
LONG_KEELER
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Not a soviet spy by any chance?
For anyone who can remember, that looks like a "Yachting World Runabout" home build from plans in the 60s
My dad built one, before the sillyette
I wonder how many dads got inspiration from Barry Bucknell to have a go at building a boat.
Rappey
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Once upon a time I had a seagull silver century. Wrapped cord round flywheel, it fired up but somehow it started to pull the starter cord back in.
Luckily being in my youth had lightning reactions and let go, avoiding a severe knuckle grinding, but made me very wary for future pulls.
Old Johnson 25, built in recoil starter. It acts close to the centre of flywheel making it very tough to pull start. Often hand pulled a mariner 90 2 stroke due to flat battery. Not that hard to pull as cord round outside of flywheel so max leverage.
Honda 90 4 stroke - hard to pull.
Yam 200. Now that scared the carp out of me when pull starting. Was not as hard as I thought it would be though.
Luckily being in my youth had lightning reactions and let go, avoiding a severe knuckle grinding, but made me very wary for future pulls.
Old Johnson 25, built in recoil starter. It acts close to the centre of flywheel making it very tough to pull start. Often hand pulled a mariner 90 2 stroke due to flat battery. Not that hard to pull as cord round outside of flywheel so max leverage.
Honda 90 4 stroke - hard to pull.
Yam 200. Now that scared the carp out of me when pull starting. Was not as hard as I thought it would be though.
geem
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15 hp Yamaha Enduro and 9.8 hp Tohatsu both 2 stroke. Liveaboard cruisers. In the Caribbean these two engines cover 80% of the engines you see out here!
RupertW
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Torqueedo for the last 6 years and it’s been our workhorse - can’t praise it enough from it coming in 3 pieces so can be passed up one handed from the dinghy to the way you just refuel from solar via the domestic battery bank and best of all no pull start so my wife can go off shopping without me or any worries.
We kept our 5hp 4 stroke but only test it once or twice a year but it does get the rib onto the plane.
We kept our 5hp 4 stroke but only test it once or twice a year but it does get the rib onto the plane.
Refueler
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I think you might be right!
To me, she certainly conjures up visions of 1960's Chris Craft type glamour and wealth, in a pretty, and unostentatious, little package.
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The two speedboats ... the one full view is a PROGRESS 4 ... the one part off camera is a PROGRESS 5. (TBH - I could never see any difference !).
They are late 70's to mid 80's boats .... built of aluminium ... yes aluminium. Its why they are riveted together. The 5's were still built up to the fall of Soviet ...
After the breakup of Soviet ... a lot of them were scrapped for the high value metal ... I managed to save two of them .... one I sold to a guy who then took it to Riga and it now plies the river near Jurmula.
They are very basic ... steering is by rope wound round the shaft of the wheel under the 'dash' ...then via pulleys to the rear where turnbuckles clip onto the outboard. It works but needs what I term Z-Cars corrective steering ... remember the TV series Z-cars ? Every time the camera was looking at driver - he would be moving wheel side to side !!
I replaced the throttle / gear control with an Evinrude unit ... but gear is reversed !! as the 'driver' sits on port side ... cables were too short to re-route ... but it works and the Mariner 20 pushes her well at over 16kts.
Stemar
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4 stroke, but only because some #&*^&$@ nicked my faithful old 2T.
