Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
Anybody have one of these on his sailboat?

http://www.onlineoutboards.com/Tohat...p-MFS6BUL.html


Looks like a good deal. Thinking of buying one myself. Around 60 pounds,
uses only half a gallon of gasoline at full throttle in an hour. Has a 6 amp
alternator, extra long shaft. Looking to replace my old, 100 pound, Honda
9.9 which has a cracked block leaking cooling water and patched with 5200.
Don't trust it anymore. Only need a small engine for when there's little or
no wind. The rest of the time I sail.


Wilbur Hubbard



Pick carefully.
For a sailboat, a long shaft is important, but so is the final gearing
and prop size. One model (number?) has lower gearing and a much larger
prop - something like 10 to 12 inch diameter as opposed to 6 to 9.

The bigger prop model is the one you want.


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Richard Lamb
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