What HP for tender and boat

[Sixpence]

I'm thinking about buying a 35 HP outboard for my 21 ft Debutante , would this be suitable for boat and tender in the panels opinion

 

[Judders]

Did you miss out the decimal point?

 

[Sans Bateau]

Should be no problem at all, so long as you use a 21ft tender!

 

[fireball]

Nah - 35hp is fine for ~3.5m tender ... go and look on the Mobo forum ... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Sixpence]

okay , so would it be big enough for the boat , very good price so I need to move fast

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Dave,

I'm not sure if you are taking the piss here or not.....

For the Debbie, a 4 to 8hp might be more appropriate...

A 35 may well just rip the transom straight off the back of the boat... and as for a tender..... it'd sink it! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Too big. You only need something with enough grunt to achieve boat speed and fight a bit of headwind. 10Hp would be ample.

The Debutante next to me has a 4 hp.

 

[fireball]

Well - 50hp runs a 5m rib along at 30+ knots ... 25hp runs a 4m rib along at 22knots (max) ...
15hp was more than powerful enough for a 22" Macwester Rowan (tended to drag in the water on Stb tack though) ... we managed to get 7 knots out of her with the engine at full pelt .... drank the fuel though! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Not taking the peepee , cut and pasted from the ad itself

"I have a 20ft hull with a 35hp penta outboard

on a traler "

 

[Malcb]

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okay , so would it be big enough for the boat , very good price so I need to move fast

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Dave

I've only got a 10hp diesel on my 23 foot sail boat. You'd probably manage with 6-8 hp.

For a tender, you probably only need a 3.3 hp. If the tender is inflateable, like mine is, the transom is only rated at max 4hp (for a 2.4 m tender).

Although it does get on the plane with a 4hp on it /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Dave, I think you may have a slight disappointment coming. A Debutante will probably never exceed 6 knots.
Planing boats go a lot quicker, displacement boats don't. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[FullCircle]

Semi Circle, at 22ft has a Johnson 4hp on it......
My Limbo 6.6 had a Yamaha 4hp on it
My Corribee 21ft had a Evinrude 6hp, but I did use it for Water Ski events. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Having conferred with my personal adviser on this matter and he has seen the advert , it seems I may be looking at another mobo /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif thanks Neil /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

It bloody well would with 35 horses on the back........ it'd probably plane!.... but only the once /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sans Bateau]

If you want a powersail boat, you need one of these....

powersail boat

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[Sixpence]

Bugger , knew I should have moved quicker

http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F141907/

already gone so no point calling them /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif but that's why I was keen , do you think I'd have got away with another project outside ? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[gandy]

Lucky escape. I assume that "Pent" outboard is Volvo, so probably trouble with a capital V.

 

[Sixpence]

not good I take it ? the inboard on Trevera is a Volvo Penta

 

[gandy]

Same here, we have a 25 year old Volvo MD7A. But a Volvo inboard is quite common, plenty of expertise around. I don't believe that's the case with Volvo outboards. I also have to admit to some anti-Volvo prejudice which could be purely irrational.

 

[Sixpence]

Must admit I hadn't heard of them doing outboards but as you may have noticed , I don't really know much about outboards at all