Hobby horsing can be a problem in certain boats. My Cascade had the
Fairyman removed and a 10hp Honda installed. I was in 4' stuff last week and
only once did I hear the exhaust go under and the prop never came out of the
water. The area where the engine was now houses a 12 volt fridge.
G
"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:42:03 +0000, Gary wrote:


Lots of folks with old boats rip out the Atomics and replace them with
outboards. It gives back some stowage and is a cheap alternative if you
like to sail.

Main problem with an outboard (apart from the other poster's comments) is
hobby-horsing: in any kind of sea, the outboard alternates from being
swamped to having the prop out of the water as the boat pitches.

Lloyd Sumpter
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