[C320-list] outboards

[Robert Seastream]

HP depends on where you need to go and what currents you might be up 
against.  I decided four stroke was the way to go back when I got tired 
of mixing gas & oil just to use the boat.  I get enough of that at home 
with the 2 stroke lawn equipment.

I bought the 2 HP (four stroke, built in one liter tank, 27 pounds, 
centrifugal clutch, spin it 180 for reverse) last year when I only had 
to go 4/10 mile to my mooring through a relatively calm mooring field.  
When I changed moorings to one about a mile away that occasionally 
required going against current up to 6 kts, I upgraded to the 8 HP.

Robert Seastream
Intuition, hull 906


On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:29 PM, David Cardoza wrote:

> I need a new motor for my tender.  The bench / parts are not worth 
> fixing my
> old merc.
>
> What's the wisdom out there on this topic.  I was searching on line and
> local and I was thinking perhaps the 2hp 4stroke Honda.  Seems light 
> being
> air cooled (no salt water in the head) it might be easy to keep up.  
> But my
> apprehension is just that air cooled a good thing and is 2hp enough?  
> Back
> when I was a c250 owner I had a Honda 9 off the stern and loved it.  
> Others
> in the running are Nissan 3.5 4s, and another Mercury 3.3 or 4hp.  
> Also 2
> stroke vs 4 stroke.
>
> A little something different for fathers day.
>
>