redundant engine

[Dodgy Diver]

I have a 1992 four wins and mainly will b using it inland , the engine looks to be really good and is now fully serviced
should I be carrying a small outboard attached to the swim deck ?
if so what sort of size and short/long shaft , thanks

 

[julians]

For inland I wouldn't bother.

For coastal I still probably wouldn't bother,but it would depend on the reliability of the main engine.

 

[jon and michie]

As julians said

 

[QBhoy]

I don’t think it would be worth it at all. Especially if you’re thinking of the usual bracket that just bolts through the platform. The engine then won’t be able to function properly. I’ve yet to see one of these set ups work. They don’t allow the prop to take water from below the lower line of the hull. They usually just pull dead water from behind the transom and suck air from the surface. Especially in anything more than flat calm. For this idea to work, you need to have a very cumbersome and ugly set up. You need a bracket on the platform, then a traditional lowering auxiliary bracket bolted onto that. Just to get the engine low enough to work properly. Apart from the cosmetic appearance of all that alone, you then have permanent holes in the platform and an obstacle and obstruction on the area you tend to get on and off the boat with.
With all of the above in mind and the mention of your engine being in good condition…it’s a no for me. All things considered.
I’d add that Im talking from a position of experience with such a thing too. One I fitted myself on the platform and the other was moulded into the bathing platform as an original feature on a sealine 218. Both were as useless as each other.
Hope that helps.

 

[Bigplumbs]

Having an Auxilary engine on a boat is a much debated subject. Certainly for inland I would not bother. I don’t for off shore also but some do of course.

This is one of the reasons I like 2 stroke outboards no high tech to go wrong and very simple beasts