Offset motors are NOT unusual, except maybe on white fiberglass bathtubs
with outboards on the back. Dive boats often have offset motors to make
room for a dive door next to the motor that opens onto a swim platform. As
an example, see the first link below. Boats by this designer range in size
from 18' to 24' and are very commonly run with an offset main motor, with or
without a kicker. The designer publishes a formula for how much to raise
the motor versus how far you offset it:

http://www.fishyfish.com/bobbruce/index.html (the main is WAY offset on this
one, 24-1/2' LOA)
http://www.alaska.net/~tolmanskiffs (the designer's web site)
http://www.fishyfish.com/tolmanskiff.html (several other examples)

Brian


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
K. Smith wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

K. Smith wrote:

JJ wrote:

I am new to boating and am trying to add a small 6 hp outboard to my
fishing boat for trolling. Can I simply move my existing 30hp over 6
inches to make room on the transome ? or is it crutial that this main
motor be centered ?

Thanks
John


You should try it, oft the simplest solution does turn out to be
the best & given it will cost you nothing; try it first & see.




Ms. Smith is big on suggesting how others should waste their time.



Given your main motor is 30Hp I'm guessing the boat isn't too big
(no offense intended) & in smaller boats having the OB offset while
not exactly common is still seen regularly.




It is? Damn. I'm 60 and have been messing around with boats for more
than 50 years, and I've never seen the main outboard "offset" on a
smaller boat. Perhaps it is peculiar to Australia, where everything is
a bit peculiar.


You're a liar you've never owned a boat & never will & every time
you pretend to know about boats you come unstuck as all liars do.



Your internal supply of bile is pouring out your nose, Ms. Smith. I've
owned dozens of boats in my lifetime. That you have convinced yourself
otherwise is your problem, not mine.

The Whaler catamaran brands used to be sold with a single offset
OB.





Whaler catamaran brands? What brands were those?



Here's one link;

http://www.marinews.com/fibreglass/btf_1dominat4.3.htm



Ahhh. I thought you meant BOSTON Whaler, which is what most think of when
someone mentions the "Whaler" brand name. So, you are claiming some
obscure brand of catamaran outboard boat, derived from some sort of
catamaran sailboat, had an engine on one pontoon only? Sounds like that
would indeed appeal to you.


you lying idiot!!! These were well known years agao & performed
surprisingly well.


Uh-huh.



By the way, there was some line of spatterpainted outboard cats which
offered an "offset" outboard model in the USA a few years ago, but the
idea never took hold.

"Too Australian," were the comments heard.

I'm not kidding. I remember reading a test or two. The boat was something
like a Twin-Vee spatterpaint.

But for a monohull?

Absurd.




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