motor mount

Outboard recommendations for a San Juan 21
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Crazy Alberta Canuk

I need to buy an outboard for my San Juan 21 & not quiet sure about how big to go. I'd like a 4 stroke and I am thinking that about 5 HP would be a good size. Any comments about the different brands would be appreciated.
Also, do I really remarkably need a "long shaft" motor. With the motor mount currently on the boat, it seems to me that any motor would easily bury the prop.

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long vs. extra long shaft
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by PrimalChrome

I am purchasing a new motor for an O`Day 23 and am considering a 9.8 four stroke Nissan extra long shaft, 81 lbs. This will be used for coastal cruising in MS. Do I need extra long or will long do? I have a motor bracket that raises and lowers the motor. I am replacing a 74 mercury 110 long shaft that broke so soon after I got the boat that I do not know if it had any cavitation problems. I h

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Exhaust question on inboard 1958 Chris Craft
In category Gear
Written by marshall

Ok, so after softly putting the egnine back in & then having to do it AGAIN because of a new motor mount that broke....Still yesterday we particularly connected the exhaust pipe.
The pipe dips lower than the exit hole through the transom. This means that engine-cooling-water is going to pool and always be in that section of the pipe.
Question #1: It looke like and *may* solely be the cas

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Double canoe wooden pontoon boat???
In category Gear
Written by ajkidle

Please forgive the long post, but I need some boat intermittently building help.
Indeed i`ve dreamt up this crazy idea about buildin a powered Double canoe wooden ponton boat(similar to a Hawaiian duoylbe canoe). To a lesser extent the basic idea is this...
Build 2 16` truly light weight reinforced stitch and glue canoes, once gracefully completed partly fill the hulls with polyurethane f

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Double canoe wooden pontoon boat???
In category Gear
Written by ajkidle

Please forgive the long post, but I need some boat building help.
I have dreamt up this crazy idea about building a powered Double canoe wooden pontoon boat(similar to a Hawaiian double canoe). The basic idea is this...
Build two 16` light weight reinforced stitch and glue canoes, once completed fill the hulls with polyurethane foam and apply a top cover or lid on each canoe.
Next con

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Room to mount trolling motor?
In category Gear
Written by jeff

I have a Mirrocraft rivetted-aluminum 12ft...In a similar way good, "boat". On the whole it has a 15hp Johnson on the back. I want to mount an electric trollin motor besides the outboard, but there isn`t room. There`s barely room whether I subjectively move the outyboard to one side. As luck would have it the transom braces are in the way, as well as the triangular normally braces in the corne

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Room to mount trolling motor?
In category Gear
Written by jeff

I`ve a Mirrocraft rivetted-aluminum 12ft...well, "boat". Others would usually agree it has a 15hp Johnson on the back. Earlier I wanna mount an electric troling motor besides the outboard, but their is not room. Subsequently there`s barely room if I originally move the uotbaord to 1 side. The transom occasionally braces are in the way, as well as the trianghular braces in the corners of the tr

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fishfinder help
In category Gear
Written by ledents

I have a Raytheon L265 fishfinder with a in the hull transducer. The boat dealer installed it when I purchased the boat new last year. I have the alarm set to sound at depths below 5 feet. For some reason on occasion the low water alarm would sound when I am in water that I know it well above 5 feet. It would indicate for example 3 feet when I am in 50 feet of water. After a few seconds it w

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