Sealine S23 - Outdrive leg length?

[Bewitched]

Hi, were new to motor boating and to the Sealine S23. I'm trying to work out how far the outdrive leg sticks out from the hull at the stern as we want to safely stern moor her without the prop/leg hitting the quayside (so trying to work out the fender /buoy size needed) Looking through Sealine manual it doesn't seem to give this dimension anywhere (gives just everything else!) It looks like it sticks out about 500mm from the hull but I can't be sure, does anyone out there know this measurement please? Thanks!

 

[Momac]

These are the same 290dp-e drives

I would say that's quite a lot more than 0.5m off the transom.

 

[scottie]

you should Be able to get a VP installation brochure and measure overhang etc

 

[Momac]

I expect the fender you would need would be large and not really practical to carry on the boat.

 

[BartW]

I expect the fender you would need would be large and not really practical to carry on the boat.

agree,
I don't think it makes sense having a tender on the stern,
you should tigh her with enough slack and distance from the quay,
what I did with the Karnic: just leave the enough slack for you to jump off, but when guests or other ppl come onboard, tigh the stern ropes so that the boat comes closer, and look at the stern and the props, for how close you can go ,without touching the quay and keep the bow line firmly tight

 

[Bewitched]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. The problem isn't really when we moor up at our "home" marina - its when we have to stern moor at various places on the Norfolk broads - we do exactly as suggested when we moor up in the marina. The size of the fender isn't rally a problem in terms or keeping them on the boat as they will not move from the transom even when we're underway as it's pointless taking them off each time on inland river systems and in fact quite useful when you see the way some of the hire boats behave! Good idea to look at the VP installation brochure - I'll see what I can find. If not we'll just have to measure it when she next comes out of the water... Thanks again to everyone who replied - really appreciated.

 

[Momac]

Could you moor bow to the shore if you have a ladder at the bow ?

 

[alt]

As there's no swim platform on the S23, I recall (I used to have one), the out-drive stuck out quite a bit. It definitely protrudes no less than 2ft past the 'lip' that's on the stern.

You could get BIG fenders mounted permanently to your quay wall / pontoon, but I wouldn't be comfortable with that... you want to make sure it's tied well away from the quay wall incase something ever happened the fender.

 

[Momac]

 

[Bewitched]

Thanks to everyone for the further comments. The S23 does have a fold down swim platform which of course is no use to run a fender from as it is not strong enough and would in any case just fold up as soon as it hit anything. Yesterday, I fished around with a boat hook with the outdrive trimmed in but in the central position and there is approx 425mm protrusion from the "lip" on the transom. We're going to try a couple of 550mm diameter A form round fenders/buoys and will make absolutely certain that the quay wall cannot hit the outdrive leg. The problem is only if, on the odd occasion, we have to moor up at one of the "stern only" moorings along the rivers as at our home marina we can (as Alt says) make sure we tie her up in a way that she's quite a way from the quay and just exist the boat via our side jetty. At the home marina the rear fenders will just be a "back up" if a mooring line failed but they will hopefully allow us to moor stern on when out and still get on and off safely from the stern via the fold down swim platform. Martyn G 's suggestion of a bow ladder would work well but for us we have my elderly father in law who likes to come out with us sometimes and I wouldn't feel comfortable with him heading off along the side decks (even through the S23's have pretty decent side decks compared to some boats of this class/size) so we will try out the 550mm A form fenders and see how that goes (and will report back) If that doesn't work then we will have to go with something like MartynG's idea above of Polyform F13 Fender - which will definitely keep us off enough at the stern and will be close to being as wide as the boat! Thanks again to everyone who's taken the trouble to help us - nice to know you're jot alone when you're new to all this!