Hey Tom, Twins are an interesting notion. I remember about 10 years ago a twin outboard powered trimaran went Calif to Hawaii. Diesels as I remember. No mast, designed for power. The thinner hulls of the Trimaran were easily pushed through the water. Then he went on to the the South Pacific. There were a lot of advantages to having twin power-plants. Rigging up a sealed pump system for an external tank would make life easier in rough seas. Kinda like bipedal, two eyes, lungs, etc. sal 1986 M15 "Justus" #361 - 2HP Honda M23 being built In a message dated 3/19/2010 5:47:52 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, tjenk@gte.net writes: I love sailors who hold onto their beloved craft even when a powerboat would be more practical. I hesitate to mention it, but there are the Pardeys who went darn near everywhere in the world without a motor (except transiting the Panama Canal), and seemed to enjoy doing it. They even did the dreaded Puget Sound (currents, fluky winds) and the feared Sea of Cortez (fluky winds); more patient than I am, I guess. Tom Jenkins On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:59 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
there is a potter 15 doing a mississippi river trip that has done exactly that ... to have the extra horse power in 'mighty MO's' current.
two Honda 2's weigh less than most 4-6 HP motors.
still ... having two motors to refill of the transom every 45 minutes is NOT 'double the fun'.
dave scobie M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site - http://www.m17-375.webs.com
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:
Folks, I think the main problem with the weight of outboards is lifting the darn things up to the mount, a not inconsiderable task for some. How about ditching the boarding ladder, throwing on another motor mount, and running twin 2's?
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla (5 hp Honda)
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