Horsepower at Fletchers

[Barracuda]

If one were to buy/borrow a motor for the wooden rowboats at Fletchers, how much horsepower would you need to be able to handle the current there?

[Sam Zimmerman]

I have a five horse power 4 stroke Honda (weighs about 60 lbs) and it is fine even going "uphill" against Spring currents. A 3.5 HP would probably work OK, but be slow upstream in  the Spring.  A 6 HP  (e.g., Tohatsu, Nissan or Mercury) would probably  work well too.

 If II am not mistaken, the maximum limit is about 8 HP or ~

80 Lbs which would is a little heavy to easily haul to the boats from the parking area just up from the dock. 

On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 6:07:15 PM UTC-5, Barracuda wrote:

[Mike Bailey]

Yamaha makes a very tidy and light 4HP that's perfect for that water and boat. search there site for details.  The limit is 9HP on a boat at Fletchers.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Barracuda <omar...@gmail.com> wrote:

If one were to buy/borrow a motor for the wooden rowboats at Fletchers, how much horsepower would you need to be able to handle the current there?

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[Timothy Murphy]

A 4.5 to 5 will provide more than sufficient thrust. I have even seen people with 2.5s there but you will want the extra thrust when the water starts flowing

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