has anyone ever hung a 9.9 off the stern?
The present A-4 is never again going to be fixed by me so this Ariel either gets abandoned or powered with an electric start 9.9 Honda LS that I have sitting here. The stern seems pretty sturdy and I can cut a big piece of 3/4 plywood for inside the lazarette to spread the loading.
Has anyone ever done it to an inboard Ariel?
Think the stern will stand up to it? I am guessing but the Honda seems to weight most of 100 lbs.
There is presently a heavy Group 29 battery in the lazarette which could be relocated forward to offset some of the boat's balance.
Opinions?
I guess the Ariel has to go -
I used s SeaGull outboard that way on a small sailboat for a while. The mount was just a pipe in a tube bracketed to the deck.
Fine in smooth water but if the boat rolled even slightly the prop was out of the water. <g>
The well is the only feasible way to use an outboard I think. Thanks again for helping me. I guess the Ariel has to go.
I have houses un-rebuilt in Florida, a house un-maintained for years in NJ, and a refrigeration / mechanical contracting business to run. Doing the inboard over just isn't gong to be on My List for far too long to contemplate it.
PHM
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Originally Posted by
ebb
Who invented and still sells the CapeHornIntegraredSelfSteeringWindVane....
40 years ago, sailed his Alberg 30 around the world with the outboard rigged off the
side of the cockpit on a spar of some sort, that could be hinged out of the
water to remove it when voyaging.
Imagine it probably was a fairly light, under powered 2 stroke.
You can also find electric Torqeedo's clampted off the rail near the cockpit.
Light enough to lift one handed and toss into the lazarette.
How do you work the engine controls?
How do you manage the outboard engine controls from the cockpit as they are way out behind and across the lazarette? It just seems like a law and awkward reach. No?
The weight didn't scare me - even though this 9.9 of mine is more like 90-100 lbs rather than 50-60 - what really stopped me was the idea of the awkwardness of controlling the engine controls and the boat's tiller at the same time.
How do you find it?
PHM
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sinbin
Have been hanging an outboard off the stern since 1994. Beefed it up with plywood backing and 2 layers of roving, leaving the backstay chainplate exposed to air. Have been in 30 knot conditions and (embarrassingly) hit the beach one time. Stern is still intact with no evidence of stress (cracks, distortion, etc.) 2 stroke Mercury 5 (48) lbs and 2 stroke Evinrude 6 (60 lbs.). Checked by boatbuilder (Wilderness, Moore) and engineer. Not recommending you do this, just saying. Wish I hadn't Sikaflexed the plug. Will take a special tool if I ever want to undo it.