Honda 9.9 for Dinghy and Auxilary

[Tamaroak]

Honda has a new 9.9 that weighs 83# that I am lusting for to use on my
dinghy. I'm also wondering what it will do as a gethome motor on my 26'
6000# flybridge cruiser. It's light enough to be able to store on the
swim platform and move around to either of these applications, but would
it get me home if my main engine dies? How fast should it push me and
would it turn the boat into the wind in any real wind?

[MichaelO.]

"Tamaroak" <colw...@tc.umn.edu> wrote in message
news:3C1F56F3...@tc.umn.edu...

Slow trolling speed but it will get you home and it would keep you into the
wind but the speed would be negligible in very heavy winds. If your primary
purpose is for the dinghy it wants a higher speed prop. Conversely to push
a large heavy hull it wants a work prop. One way or the other you'll have
to give up something. You might want to mount it as a trolling motor on a
Fulton mount and keep it in the up position until needed on the dinghy.
It's no good as an auxilary if it's not ready to go.
>

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[Sheldon Haynie]

Honda has two pitches available for this engine,
And you might want both, we put the flatter one on our RIB tender
As it was not hitting full RPM due to weight and foul bottom.
Still get to 15 kts at 5200 rpm with 400 lbs of crew.

Can tow/push the 20,000 lbs of "Lioness" as needed, makes about 4-5 kts in
flat water...

On 12/18/01 10:13 AM, in article 3c1f5765$1...@corp-goliath.newsgroups.com,
"MichaelO." <sef...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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[rdr]

>> Honda has a new 9.9 that weighs 83# <<

I don't see the 83# model...

http://www.honda-marine.com/bf9.9specs.htm

[Doug Dotson]

I thought 83# sounded a bit heavy but I assumed it was a 4-stroke.
My old Tohatsu 9.9 weighed around 65# (2 stroke)

doug