Re: Best/Worst Outboad motors
hlg@pacbell.net
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:36:29 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I have about that much invested in my 70 lbf thrust electric outboard with
associated batteries and wiring. I just wanted to expereriment with
electric power, and I'm actually using the electric motor most of the time,
but I have my Seagull Forty Plus for longer trips or rougher conditions.
The primitive, noisy, messy 3 hp Seagull drives the P14 very well, but my
choice for a new gas outboard would probably be a four-stroke 2 hp Honda or
equivalent. Two strokers are likely to be banned from many waterways unless
they can be made cleaner, and it is a nuisance to have to mix oil with the
gas. The four strokers may be quieter too.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>Hi Potterers,
>
>I finally got my check from State Farm to cover the outboard I trashed.
>After a great deal of argument they finally coughed up $1078, so I am
>free to buy just about ANY new outboard engine for my P-15.
>
>Here's where you get to vote. If you were in my shoes, what would you
>buy for a P-15? What would you avoid?
>
>Thanks for the input!
>
>Jeff Goller
>P-15
>Hull # 2068
>"At Long Last"
>Charleston, SC
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