[bolger] row row row your boat
BO>The other remaining detail is the outboard motor. We've been using a honda
BO>2hp - which is usually pressed to the limit. Motoring up jug creek against
BO>the tide was do-able but difficult - the question is how much horse power is
BO>really needed? Our options range from 4hp to 8 hp. What are the rest of you
BO>with the bigger boats using? Long MIcros? MJs? Others? I'm real tempted by
BO>mininalism and the 4hp - nice and small and light - but too small perhaps?
BO>Thoughts?
BO>Steve Anderson ( Martha Jane Landroval)
Graham Cheers' MJ "Shirley Valentine" uses a 2stroke 8hp. If pressed,
Graham agrees this is a bit of overkill, but also points out he has 5
knot tide races in some of the coastal inlets he haunts. Normally he
points that out to me when Lady Kate's pathetic excuse for astern power
is failing to pull the bow around...
Tim & Flying Tadpole
BO>2hp - which is usually pressed to the limit. Motoring up jug creek against
BO>the tide was do-able but difficult - the question is how much horse power is
BO>really needed? Our options range from 4hp to 8 hp. What are the rest of you
BO>with the bigger boats using? Long MIcros? MJs? Others? I'm real tempted by
BO>mininalism and the 4hp - nice and small and light - but too small perhaps?
BO>Thoughts?
BO>Steve Anderson ( Martha Jane Landroval)
Graham Cheers' MJ "Shirley Valentine" uses a 2stroke 8hp. If pressed,
Graham agrees this is a bit of overkill, but also points out he has 5
knot tide races in some of the coastal inlets he haunts. Normally he
points that out to me when Lady Kate's pathetic excuse for astern power
is failing to pull the bow around...
Tim & Flying Tadpole