Inboard vs Inboard

[Shaun]

I'll be interested to hear how you find the 6HP 4st Diana. I nearly went for one of them but decided on the 8hp 2st which I knew was more than capable of doing the job.

Will you be getting the leg out of the water, on the new one?
I was talking to a fisherman who leaves his tinny in the water, & also leaves the outboard leg down in the water 24/7...his idea was that the oxygen couldn't get to it & corrode it, I didn't buy the theory

[Notlongjohn]

Shaun. Are you planning on using the outboard alone or is you inboard still serviceable. Curious because I know you go outside regularly.john from "Mari-Anne"

[Shaun]

Shaun. Are you planning on using the outboard alone or is you inboard still serviceable. Curious because I know you go outside regularly.john from "Mari-Anne"

Regularly....once every two years

If I leave the engine in a little longer, I'll just be able to shovel it out of the bilge!

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Hi John,
Outboard only. I'll be taking the engine out when I go up on the slips(hopefully soon, that reminds me to order the antifoul), & glassing up the dodgy engine intake thru-hull, still haven't decided 100% whether to remove the prop shaft etc yet, might put an inboard in at a later stage. In reality I probably wouldn't put another inboard in, so I should really also glass up those holes too.
I really don't like the outboard on the transom though, but it is out of the way, & convienient to use (with an extension on the throttle).

How are you going with your engine dilemma? Your inboard looked pretty good, & serviceable when I had a quick look at it.

cheers

[Arohanui]

You never got a response so hears 1! I have an outboard. Im planning on extended cruiding with it. Its on a bracket on transom that folds up twice. It comes out very high and hopefully would be fine in bigger seas. I never remove te motor. I have a lock to deter thieves.

[Shaun]

My inboard in the above is now out and gone.
It was surprisingly easy to remove, disconnect fuel, undo the flexible propshaft coupling, undo the engine mounts...took me a couple of hours.
The engine was literally pristine on the sides and back, all original paint looked very good. The fella I gave it to was very happy.

The funny thing was while I was away for a couple of weeks a few weeks ago, I rang him up in a bit of a panic thinking that I had ruined a good boat by removing the IB. He said I could have the IB back.
The OB I have on the transom was cavitating badly even over ripples in the river & going across bars is a scary proposition, coming into Broughton Islands while it was a lee shore was a problem, with the OB cavitating with the short sharp chop, there really was no option to stuff it up.

Anyway, ive since calmed down quite a bit & think I can lower the bracket alot, another option is to get an extension for the OB shaft. Last option is to move the OB into the cockpit well, then there is no cavitation problems at all.

You just have to be a bit more cautious with the OB on the transom, think ahead a bit further, get bar crossing timing right etc.
It should improve my sailing seamanship though
cheers

[Troppo]

"Easy to remove" says Shaun about his 100 kg old motor. He probably didn't even work up a sweat carrying it around in one hand while taking it where ever it had to go.

I am interested to hear how you go with lowering the outboard motor on its bracket. With the motor cavitating over ripples, sounds like an adjustment is urgently needed.

troppo

[Shaun]

hahaha, the key was to have a couple of lengths of timber & just move it in small amounts, drop sheets everywhere to protect the companion way & cockpit, but it nearly turned to disaster at the last moment, with a schoolboy error....I had arrived at the wharf at low tide, spent a couple of hours undoing bolts etc, by the time the other two fellas arrived to help with the lifting the tide has rose quite a lot....
When we committed with the step onto the wharf (one foot on boat still) with motor in hand, naturally the boat moved away from the wharf....there was a few surprised & tense seconds where we had realised our error & thought we might all end up going for a swim.
At nearly full splits.... the dock lines finally took up. And all was ok.

[Troppo]

Phew!

That was close!

Still, a very good effort to remove the motor.

troppo

[SeaLady]

I'll be interested to hear how you find the 6HP 4st Diana. I nearly went for one of them but decided on the 8hp 2st which I knew was more than capable of doing the job.
Will you be getting the leg out of the water, on the new one


The new engine is good.
I lift it out and lock it in the cockpit when not in use.
Have a rope and pulley system and strapping around the engine.

Easy peasy.

Still fairly noisy but nowhere near as loud nor smokey.

Diana

[Troppo]

Diana, thank you for that feedback. I had wondered from time to time how it was working out for you. Great to hear you have it sorted.

troppo