quietest outboard

I have the same as Lakesailor but 4hp and its very quiet. By comparison from the boats around us with a 4hp Yam and a little honda - its the quietest.
 
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honda

hp depends on boat on my westerly 22 have a honda 8 long shaft with a big pitch never missed a beat in 15 years , is quiet has some power in reserve to push into a head wind/sea when necessary and hardly ever cavitates. The big pitch prop lowers the revs a bit at at hull speed, which makes the sound a sort of low rumbeling which is less intrusive than a with high revs
 
honda

Bobobolinsky said:
If you are going on the inland waterways, 4Hp is better, as it is a lot less licence fee
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I have the 2.3 honda short shaft I can use - plenty of power for the rivers

the boat was designed to use either - although the short shaft will occasionally cavitate in a chop

my plan is to use the Honda most of the time and just bring out the bigger engine for special occasions - Queen's Jubilee, dogs birthday, first drink of the month, the arrival of the double dip recession

Dylan
 
Post title generator?

dylanwinter said:
what is the quietest outboard

6hp ideally

Dylan
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Have you got a random post title generator?

Seems to be able to generate subjects that beat the old favourites of 'anchor choice', 'ensign colours', 'I'm new here', 'batteries', etc

Just hang on for the 'noise definition' mob to turn up and hijack the post.

Though the Landy v Mondeo was a triumph but I am in awe of the 'quietest outboard' - beats the **** out of the 'best on-board generator'.

You should now go for the olympian heights and try to get 'PWC', 'sea horses' and another subject of your choice into the title of a post.

Go for it, you are on a roll.
 
Random hackery

Gwylan said:
Have you got a random post title generator?

Seems to be able to generate subjects that beat the old favourites of 'anchor choice', 'ensign colours', 'I'm new here', 'batteries', etc

Just hang on for the 'noise definition' mob to turn up and hijack the post.

Though the Landy v Mondeo was a triumph but I am in awe of the 'quietest outboard' - beats the **** out of the 'best on-board generator'.

You should now go for the olympian heights and try to get 'PWC', 'sea horses' and another subject of your choice into the title of a post.

Go for it, you are on a roll.
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Thanks G

not quite random of course

I am a hack.....and tend to write down what I am thinking. It is a habit that is hard to kill

but when it comes to sailing I only write or film stuff that is of interest to me which is the ultimate luxury

I am also a sailor on a budget..... and some of my fellow sailors seem to relate to that

I love the forums - get loads of ideas from here and also learn when one of my flights of fancy is an absolute lulu because the thread sinks like a stone

it is the ultimate democracy

although youtube is a bit harder to understand

just had half a million hitsd on the sailing website - 26 million on the truck site


at the moment I do more journalism in America than I do here in the UK

DVds sell better over there than over here which I have never understood

I have been offered a column on another US sailing magazine - but I love the one I am writing for at the moment

it is a crazy old fashioned mix of stories - like a throwback to the fifties - they also have a great front cover image that is nice to look at on a coffee table.

I have never met any of the editors from the UK sailing press - I had a brief telephone chat with the editress of PBO - but only to check the wording in a photo caption

I do have a real respect for UK journalists, brokers, chandlers, marina owners, harbour masters and anyone else who has to deal with British sailors - some of whom seem to be a bit obsessed with;

commands for going about....

flags.....

the odd scratch in their topsides

and

anyone who even slightly disagrees with them

all the emails I get from Americans are lovely.....

not quite true of the ones I get from my fellow UK boaters

mobos, jetskis and powered hang glider owners in particular have have all added to the colour of my inbox and greatly improved the width and power of my vocabulary when it comes to vituperation and the carefully honed personal insult


but some of my fellow sailors seem to really hate the idea that;

I do not always wear a life jacket

do not have immaculate glassware on the slug

drive an old German car

have untidy hair

once allowed a less than perfect bowline on my genoa sheet to appear in a shot

seldom fly an ensign



one day I shall put them all together in a book

actually maybe I should start an email of the week on the blog..... not a bad idea

hmmmm

Dylan
 
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Chinese cheapy

I've just bought a 5Hp Hidea four stroke, very quiet, started 3rd pull from out of the box, only 511 quids, and only weighs 22kg.
Their 6Hp is just a higher powered, slightly more expensive version.

Paul

p.s. I am really enjoying the DVD's, they're the only decent thing on the box offshore Saudi!
 
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PaulJS said:
I've just bought a 5Hp Hidea four stroke, very quiet, started 3rd pull from out of the box, only 511 quids, and only weighs 22kg.
Their 6Hp is just a higher powered, slightly more expensive version.

Paul

p.s. I am really enjoying the DVD's, they're the only decent thing on the box offshore Saudi!
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can you imagine the told you so;s I would get on here if I bought one

an"d

bless you for watching the dvds - I shall put it on the next cover


"better than saudi tv"

which is of course a nation well respected across the globe for their small boat cruising expertise
 
Bobobolinsky said:
Funnily that came up today
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Any Twin cylinder model: for 6hp, a two stroke tohatsu or yamaha. Generally torquier and happy at lower revs than an equivalent single.

I have a 4hp evinrude twin, and a 8hp Yamaha twin. And a Seagull 40+ ...

The Seagull came first, the others are the antidote.
 
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