<< Okay. The answer is that the 5 HP boat wins in exactly 60 minute.
But what are the finishing times for the 3.5 HP boat, the 2.5 HP
boat? the 2 HP boat? >>
Rich,
I powered my P-15 with an old 3 hp Evinrude with a long shaft and a geared-
down lower unit (called a 'yacht-twin') and was able to make headway against
20+ mph winds off of Long Beach, Calif. However my friend Alan Motter had a
3.5 hp Nissan and it outperformed the old Evinrude many times in fuel
efficiency and 'punch'. If I were to be going into trade winds in the open
ocean I would go for the Nissan 3.5 or equivalent. Incidently the 3.5 and 2.5
are the same engine with different carburation.
Ralph Aeschliman
HMS-18 #67 Moby Duck and formerly P-15 Hunky Dory
Flagstaff, AZ