I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

--
Denis Roy
D. Roy Woodcraft
www.ideasinwood.com

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:03:40 GMT, "Denis Roy"
wrote:

I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

It's a little small for that - it will move you along certainly, but
against a wind, forget it.

Later,

Tom

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:30:31 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's a little small for that - it will move you along certainly, but
against a wind, forget it.

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Yes, flat water, no wind, it would be OK. I once took a 40 foot,
20,000 pound sail boat into the dock at Marthas Vineyard using a
dinghy tied along side with a 2 hp Evinrude on it.

With any kind of wind or sea you would need something in the 10 to 15
hp range to make any forward progress.

Denis Roy wrote:
I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

--
Denis Roy
D. Roy Woodcraft
www.ideasinwood.com



It's not ideal but will definitely move the boat in flat water &
surprisingly well. Most of those little motors, save they're blocked up
with salt in the water jacket, can be run pretty hard for long periods
but still it's best to use as little throttle as is needed, because it
will take a while no matter what:-)

In the even it's rough & windy in open water then it probably won't
allow you to bash to windward etc but you will still have some control
off or down wind, even if only to pick a soft landing spot:-); however
it's still better than oars (a "good" oars person with proper row locks
etc can generate about 1/4HP) or worse nothing at all:-)

K

I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

I suspect it will have trouble going up hills, other than that it will get you
there.

Denis,

I have a friend who once owned a small 16' or 17' aluminum Lund with a 60 HP
tiller steer motor. The motor crapped out on us one day on the Illinois river
during a walleye tournament. His Yamaha BHP kicker moved us up river at 3-4 MPH
(GPS) for the 4-5 mile trip back to the ramp. WOT the whole time and the single
cylinder motor was loud as hell for its small size. The current wasn't
particularly strong that day since the water level was fairly low and the dam
was barely open. The boat you describe probably weighs 50% more so your results
could be very disappointing. The upside is you have the motor and you can test
it in a variety of conditions. My bet is you will want to get a 9.9HP with the
kicker gear case and prop (Mercury calls theirs the "Bigfoot") as an absolute
minimum unless you are on a very small lake all of the time.

Good luck,
Dan


Denis Roy wrote:

I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

--
Denis Roy
D. Roy Woodcraft
www.ideasinwood.com

Exactly. Sea Tow is a cheaper "get home" plan than a very small kicker in the
big water. You could buy a 90 year subscription for the price of a kicker that
you have to keep maintained.

Dan


Harry Krause wrote:

Denis Roy wrote:

I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass
sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

--
Denis Roy
D. Roy Woodcraft
www.ideasinwood.com



Maybe on a small inland lake. It would be almost useless on the ocean or
a bay where there are strong winds, currents, tides, waves, et cetera.

On 04 Dec 2004 00:11:39 GMT, obull (CCred68046)
wrote:

I just picked up a canoe that came with a 2.2 HP merc. Would this be
powerful enough to use as a troller / kicker for my 17 1/2' fiberglass sea
ray? I was hoping it could serve to get us home if the main motor ever
quits.

I suspect it will have trouble going up hills, other than that it will get you
there.

Going up hills.....BBBBAAAAWWWAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Hills..

~~ snicker ~~

Later,

Tom

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:26:13 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Going up hills.....BBBBAAAAWWWAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Hills..

======================

I've seen plenty of hills off the Rhode Island and Maine coasts. They
also move. I think you would agree that a 2.2 hp is no match for a
moving hill.

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:30:43 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:26:13 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Going up hills.....BBBBAAAAWWWAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Hills..

======================

I've seen plenty of hills off the Rhode Island and Maine coasts. They
also move. I think you would agree that a 2.2 hp is no match for a
moving hill.

Sorry - I keep forgetting that my unfortunate brand of humor doesn't
seem to work on this august body of great and not so great personages.

Sometimes I just can't help myself. :)

Later,

Tom