On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:01:19 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

JAXAshby wrote:
Is there a rule a thumb for sizing an auxiliary trolling outboard.

What size would be needed for a 30ft 10,000 lb boat?

none that you can buy will move that boat in anything other than a flat calm
and no current, except in Port Fantasy in LaLaLand.

Bull****. There are plenty of heavy 30 foot boats around with outboard
trolling motors that can move right along. Some of these boats have 20
or 25 hp outboards...I suspect most of them move on the outboards
faster than your crappy little sailboat.

I found on the Contender that the small trolling motor was more of a
pain that it was worth. Hard to control and you had to keep switching
the main engines on/off to do what I wanted.

I just gave up on it and went with a single main running in trolling
situations.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717