Yeah, John, I thought long and hard about that alternator, the extra money and then having to run those wires back to the battery in the boat and decided that leaving the charger plugged in at the driveway or occassionally at the slip if I float the boat would be just as easy. It is available only on the 6 hp model. All their models are the same from 6 on down thru 4 with just a change in carb jets to make the difference in hp. fair winds, Tom B On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:30 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
The Tohatsu web site shows the alternator as an option on the 5hp and 4hp. As far as I can tell it's the same exact motor, with reduced hp for the 5 and 4. Same castings and housing etc., but the alternator is not standard except on the sail pro 6hp model.
If you can add it on for a reasonable cost it could be worth it. It will actually put some juice in your battery if you are motoring for a few hours here and there.
In the same timeframe you will get nothing much from solar panels you can fit on a boat our size, unless you cover your topsides with amorphous thin-film photovoltaic material (theoretically possible these days, but doesn't work well as non-skid decking... :-).
cheers, John S.
On 09/18/2015 10:16 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Hi John, I have the standard 20" long shaft. I believe the "Sailpro" comes as a 6 hp only. Also the alternator is available only on the 6. I believe I will investigate solar for trickle charging. Tom B. Monty 17 #258.1977
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 11:42 AM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
The standard model (20" shaft) or the "sail pro" (25")?
I have the 6 hp sail pro, which from the specs is the same engine as the 5hp and 4hp, just with less hp (same weight, same displacement engine, same gear ratio, etc.).
cheers, John S.
On 09/18/2015 09:16 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Just bought a long shaft Tohatsu. The book that came with it states the
cavitation plate should be one inch below the bottom of the boat. Hope that works out with Jerry's designed ob cutout.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Jerry is having email problems so i'm sending this for him -
I tooled the original M17's transom cutout for a 4HP (a 2-cycle Johnson) long shaft outboard.
-- Jerry Montgomery
On 09/14/2015 10:24 AM, GILASAILR--- via montgomery_boats wrote:
> The mount was a frequent response to the lack of room in the cutout
for
the shifter/throttle/tiller arm and some motors did not have enof room > > to
rotate for 'reverse' operation - I installed a tiny fixed mount at the
> same > height as the cut-out and use a 20" 4hp Evinrude Yachtwin (no > reverse) > > -
luckily solved all problems and adds minimum weight.
> > GO > >
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-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design
- Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com