what outboard for small wooden lugsai boat?

[willtaylor]

I am trying to decide on the best lightweight outboard as an auxiliary for a 15ft lugsail boat - beamy and strongly built - to use in and around Falmouth harbour and the Fal.

There is a Yamaha 3.5 4-stroke that is often featured in tests of the 2.3 to 3 hp smallest 4 strokes. I am not sure whether any 2.5 hp units would be good enough.

If anyone has relevant advice, experience, knowledge or prejudice please share it with me.

Will Taylor

 

[Peterduck]

That sounds good to me. You aren't going to be water-skiing behind that dinghy, so 3.5 hp would plenty.
Peter.

 

[Romeo]

I use that engine on a 14.5' lune pilot, and it is fine for my purposes powerwise, although I could probably do with the longsahft, rather than the shortshaft which came with the boat.

R