so that portion of the conjecture gets
ignored as far as I'm concerned. The 4hp Yamaha or Nissan would be more than up
to the job. Personally, I'd rather have a 4 hp Yamaha than a 5 hp Nissan.


I'd really like to have the max HP for the Porta-bote. The Nissan 5hp weighs in
at 55lbs. The Honda 5HP would be my top choice, but it's 60lbs, over the limit
by 6 for the Porta-bote. We have three people in a dinghy plenty of times and I
think the extra HP will be nice. The price of the 4,5,6 are also pretty close,
so I thought I'd split it and get the 5. My Tohatsu that was stolen a few weeks
back was a great motor.
If you don't agree that the extra 1 hp will help please explain. Sandy at
Porta-bote also suggested the 5 HP for the 10' model. I doubt money was much of
a factor as they are so close in price.

RB

Yeah Nutsy,

The kind you bolt on the back.

Ole Thom

hey jon,

funny you should bring that up

many people have a certain aspect of creativity to their thinking where the
need to latch on to a single thought and pound it into the ground is
considered boring.

you having an off week by any chance?
usually your more creative funny and subtle (if not downright annoying)
then recent posts indicate.
the political situation got ya down?


gf.

In article , gonefishiing wrote:
hey jon,

funny you should bring that up

many people have a certain aspect of creativity to their thinking where the
need to latch on to a single thought and pound it into the ground is
considered boring.

you having an off week by any chance?
usually your more creative funny and subtle (if not downright annoying)
then recent posts indicate.
the political situation got ya down?

Which particular post... oh, the one about your ex hanging out
there... :-) Well, I thought it was funny.

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

The weight limit for
the motor needs to be factored in with other things. What makes you think 6
pounds difference means anything?

I was under the impression that Portabote rated the 54lb limit based on the
transom capacity rather than weight leveraged at the stern. Price is not a
factor here. You can get the Honda 5HP at Defender for just 1200.00. I'm going
to call Porta-Bote tomorrow and see if the extra weight is a real issue. I
think you said you have the 8 foot model. The 4 should work great on that and
so would Honda's little (and pricey!) 2Hp.

http://www.defender.com/inflatables/...onda_files/BF5
_L.jpg

RB

wrote

you can easily carry a gallon
less of fuel for the same run time. That will save what? 8 -10
pounds?


1 gallon of gasoline equals 5.8 to 6.5 lbs.

SV

The extra 1 HP won't make any difference really. I doubt that it will
plane with two of you in it with 5HP and it will plane with just one
with 4Hp -especially if it's propped properly

Bobsprit wrote:

so that portion of the conjecture gets
ignored as far as I'm concerned. The 4hp Yamaha or Nissan would be more than up
to the job. Personally, I'd rather have a 4 hp Yamaha than a 5 hp Nissan.


I'd really like to have the max HP for the Porta-bote. The Nissan 5hp weighs in
at 55lbs. The Honda 5HP would be my top choice, but it's 60lbs, over the limit
by 6 for the Porta-bote. We have three people in a dinghy plenty of times and I
think the extra HP will be nice. The price of the 4,5,6 are also pretty close,
so I thought I'd split it and get the 5. My Tohatsu that was stolen a few weeks
back was a great motor.
If you don't agree that the extra 1 hp will help please explain. Sandy at
Porta-bote also suggested the 5 HP for the 10' model. I doubt money was much of
a factor as they are so close in price.

RB

Scott Vernon wrote:

wrote

you can easily carry a gallon

less of fuel for the same run time. That will save what? 8 -10

pounds?


1 gallon of gasoline equals 5.8 to 6.5 lbs.


My you have variable petrol.

Cheers

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Scott Vernon wrote:

wrote

you can easily carry a gallon

less of fuel for the same run time. That will save what? 8 -10

pounds?


1 gallon of gasoline equals 5.8 to 6.5 lbs.


My you have variable petrol.


depends.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message

Just curious--why do you want a four-stroke? In that size range the
two-strokes generally work just as well and don't pay the weight or price
penalty.


There is a 7 pound penalty in the Merc range for example. That's worth
having a
cleaner quieter engine that takes regular gas.

That's legitimate. What is the price difference?

Max