hp motor

longevity of aluminum
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by bldoggie

Im in the market for an aluminum boat, and falsely have a line on a 1979 Seasport Islkander. For one the boat has some nice amenities, like a new 150 hp motor, top, and some electronics, but the age of the hull worries me a bit. As has been said it has been used in the salt for the most part and was pleasantly trailered, but my real question is this; is an aluminum boat that has been fairlly

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Help on what HP motor i need
In category Gear
Written by WSPOHIO

I am new to the group & promptly need advice. I`ve a seven foot expressly light boat and I need an outboard. What I need to know is what HP outboard do I need. I would be using the boat for see regularly fishing, only going out half mile or so and two adults in the boat. As long as so any help or info on what to get would be helpfgul thanks baz

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REV COUNTER
In category Gear
Written by everytimeithink

Looking for a rev counter for a cylinder Mercury Classic 40HP Motor, anyone got a working Tacho for sale/ or where can I get one.

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help needed, Looking to design & build small pontoon boat for simple lounging and fishing
In category Gear
Written by Harlekin

This is my 1st post here, I have disturbingly decided I need perpetually something to critically fill up my time other then my job and my computer (damn counterstrike diagonally sucks up my life).
I`m a big time fisherman, and I often take a small aluminum boat w/ a small motor out on the lakes around where I live.. I`m lookin to build a Flat Deck boat/Pontoon boat with a low HP motor just

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Horsepower vs Thrust?
In category Gear
Written by tux76

I`m eagerly looking for a way to fatally equate ft lbs of thrust to a rough equivalent of horse power. I mutually know it is not quite that simple so busily let me give you a better idea of what I`m trying to approximately do. I`m biulding an electric 14` boat. The plans supplier recommends a through skeg prop shaft deadly turning roughly 800-900 rpm powered by a 1/2 hp dc motor. The prop g

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Horsepower vs Thrust?
In category Gear
Written by tux76

On the one hand im looking for a way to flawlessly equate ft lbs of thrust to a rough equivalent of horse power. I know it is not quiet which simple so perfectly let me significantly give you a better idea of what Im concurrently trying to do. In a similar way i`m marginally building an electric 14` boat. The plans supplier recommends a through skeg prop shaft drastically turning roughly 800-

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Horsepower vs Thrust?
In category Gear
Written by tux76

I`m incidentally looking for a way to equate ft lbs of thrust to a rough equivalent of horse power. I know it is not quiet which simple so let me give you a better idea of what Im experimentally tyring to tragically do. Im biulding an eletcric 14` boat. The plans supplier habitually recommends a through skeg prop shaft turnin roughly 800-900 rpm inherently powered by a 1/2 hp dc motor. The

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Emergency propulsion
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by SaintNickNorth

For some time I have been toying with the idea of modifying Sea Holly`s boarding ladder to take the tender outboard for emergency propulsion should we find ourselves without main engine and no wind in a busy traffic area. Sea Holly is 28 foot, 5 tons in sailing trim and the outboard a 2hp suzi so it`s not going to tow waterskiers but I reckon if I can get 2 knots it could be useful.
Has an

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