Hi, A few years ago, I used to follow this forum from California and had
a Sundancer 290 DA for fun and pleasure. I learned a lot from reading
quietly in the background! Anyway, I'm now in Florida ("Space Coast") am
thinking of a little fun boat for the Indian River and saw the
Sportsters at a local fiberglass pusher. I like the 4 stroke over the
two stroke version, jet rather than prop, around 16 feet so easy for
trailering and storage...

Anyone have an opinion on these, pro or con? Is the Rotax from the same
background as the aircraft engine?

All the best and happy boating,

Andy

"Andy Fraser" wrote in message

There were reports of the earlier twin rotax engines being unreliable but
my nephew has the boat and seems to love it.

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:40:09 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

There were reports of the earlier twin rotax engines being unreliable but
my nephew has the boat and seems to love it.

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One of my neighbors has one and it's a fun little boat. I have no
idea how durable thry are.l

Don, Wayne,

Thanks for the info - they seem to be fairly well put together and
appropriate for the use I'm thinking of - essentially protected
waterways with enough speed to get home in a hurry if one of those
"sudden" Florida weather events happen. Now to look into Rotax
reliabilty ...

Appreciated,

Andy