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Anybody have one of these outboards?
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. -- Richard Lamb http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/ |
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