On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:30:45 -0700 (PDT), Jay
wrote:

On Apr 25, 4:36*pm, Marty wrote: I've used my Merc
2.2 and a backup on my 15' Springbok, it pushed me home just fine when
the Johnson 60 conked. *About 5 miles, took an hour, but beat the hell
out of rowing.
Cheers
Marty

Marty, anything beats the hell out of rowing especially if you're
in the middle of a large reservoir and the wind comes up. lol

-Jay

I realize all of you are probably tired of all of these questions from
the outboard rookie here but indulge me one more time.

If a person strapped TWO of those Suzuki 2.5hp outboards (only 29 lbs.
each) to the back of the boat, one on each side, what would be the
effect? 5hp? Double the speed? Double the noise? Nothing? Just
curious...

-Jay

Well, it will be double the noise and approximately double the fuel
consumption but perhaps not double the speed. You might "Ping" Roger
as to why doubling the Horse Power doesn't necessarily mean double the
speed. Has to do with all kind of hull forms and hydrodynamics and too
much of it will make your eyes cross.

But why stop with two, three, or even four! I see a lot of boats here
with a couple of 250 h.p. engines strapped on the tail.

I wonder what the "per minute" cost is for a couple of 2 stroke 250 hp
engines at full song is?








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