> Based on the input I have received on the list, the BHP Nissan/Tohatsu
> is the hands down winner for a good size for the '19 --- thanks all for
> your comments. (Somehow I knew it would come out that way...)
>
> Now I have to anguish over shaft length. I suspect that the long shaft
> outboard is also the best bet --- even though the stainless steel swing
> down watch-a-ma-call-it on my transom would probably allow me to use a
> short shaft motor. The cost differential isn't that much....
>
> My conservative Lutheran background seems to be pulling me toward a 2
> cycle motor as I was taught never to buy something that hasn't been well
> proven in the field. I guess that's why I had a string of five new VWs
> (all the same color) in the 60's and 70's --- what a trauma when they
> stopped selling them....
>
> Cheers
> Rye Gewalt
> '90 HMS 18
> Springfield, VA
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