Saildrive with Honda 4-stoke head
Barry J. Warburton
I read in Annie Hills "Voyaging on a Small Income" that they had a
saildrive with a Honda 4-stroke power head for an auxiliary engine. I
always thought saildrives only had diesel power heads of 30 or so
horsepower. Anyway, this sounds like a very interesting combination for
a "someday" retrofit of my Atomic 4. Does anybody have any
info/experience/sources for such a beast? Doc Freemans (best store in
Seattle) never heard of such a thing.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Barry W. (Different Drummer, Discovery 32)
Tomi Salo
Hondas are economical and very reliable.
I owned a Honda 5hp outboard and it never let me in trouble even in bad
weather ( = rain, strong wind and wawes ). You can be sure that it starts
when you pull the rope and keeps going as long as gas is available.
Fuel consumption is low: a 5hp burns 2,2litres per hour at WOT, 0,3
litres per hour at idle.
Spare parts are expensive, but you will not need them so often.
Technically it is built like a Swiss watch: fine craftmanship and high
quality materials.
The only disadvantage is that the single-cylinders are not very powerful;
buy a 2 -cylinder if it matches your boat.
Tomi Salo
Aart Koelewijn
In article <55rhhn$7...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>,
war...@ix.netcom.com(Barry J. Warburton) writes:
> I read in Annie Hills "Voyaging on a Small Income" that they had a
> saildrive with a Honda 4-stroke power head for an auxiliary engine. I
> always thought saildrives only had diesel power heads of 30 or so
> horsepower. Anyway, this sounds like a very interesting combination for
> a "someday" retrofit of my Atomic 4. Does anybody have any
> info/experience/sources for such a beast? Doc Freemans (best store in
> Seattle) never heard of such a thing.
> Thanks in advance for your time.
I once almost bought a boat which had an engine which might be what
you mean. In Holland it was sold as an Evinrude 15 hp saildrive, and I
was told the engine itself came from Honda. The boat I was looking at
was from 1980, so I suppose the engine was about the same age.
Hope this helps
--
Aart Koelewijn
E-mail: aa...@kolhus.hobby.nl
Phone : +31-55-5423521
Graham
Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>
> In article <55rhhn$7...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>,
> war...@ix.netcom.com(Barry J. Warburton) writes:
> > I read in Annie Hills "Voyaging on a Small Income" that they had a
> > saildrive with a Honda 4-stroke power head for an auxiliary engine. I
> > always thought saildrives only had diesel power heads of 30 or so
> > horsepower. Anyway, this sounds like a very interesting combination for
> > a "someday" retrofit of my Atomic 4. Does anybody have any
> > info/experience/sources for such a beast? Doc Freemans (best store in
> > Seattle) never heard of such a thing.
> > Thanks in advance for your time.
They were probably referring to an earlier Volvo sailfrive which used
the 4-cycle Honda power head. This engine had a hand start and was quite
low in HP - It was used in Canada on the Abott 33 racer-cruiser. I do
not believe these are still made.
Bukh also made a small saildrive 8HP or 10HP - These are diesels and are
great engines - They were used on Laser 28,s and X-99,s. These may still
be made in Denmark.
The OMC saildrives used the Evinrude/Johnson power head - These were
15HP 2-cycle engines that used an O/B motor powerhead - They are no
longer made.
Easiest retrofit for an Atomic 4 may be a Universal diesel - They almost
fit in the same place.
Hope this helps.
Graham & Gerry Moss
Windjammer Sails, Box 23004 Amherstview PO Kingston Ont.
Canada K0H 1G0. (613) 389-4349 FAX (613) 389-4762
"FALL SALE NOW ON - E-MAIL For fast Quotation"
MAIL WEB SITE
wind...@fox.nstn.ca http://fox.nstn.ca/~windjamm/
Bill Holden
Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>
> In article <55rhhn$7...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>,
> war...@ix.netcom.com(Barry J. Warburton) writes:
> > I read in Annie Hills "Voyaging on a Small Income" that they had a
> > saildrive with a Honda 4-stroke power head for an auxiliary engine. I
> > always thought saildrives only had diesel power heads of 30 or so
> > horsepower.
actually i thought all saildrives were just outboards with short legs
thru the hull.
Fabbian G. Dufoe
Tomi Salo (tomi...@h4thol.fi) wrote:
: Hondas are economical and very reliable.
: I owned a Honda 5hp outboard and it never let me in trouble even in bad
: weather ( = rain, strong wind and wawes ). You can be sure that it starts
: when you pull the rope and keeps going as long as gas is available.
: Fuel consumption is low: a 5hp burns 2,2litres per hour at WOT, 0,3
: litres per hour at idle.
: Spare parts are expensive, but you will not need them so often.
: Technically it is built like a Swiss watch: fine craftmanship and high
: quality materials.
: The only disadvantage is that the single-cylinders are not very powerful;
: buy a 2 -cylinder if it matches your boat.
In my experience Hondas are not all that reliable. I have owned
two of them, a 7.5hp and a 5hp. The 7.5hp motor runs smoothly and
quietly--for about half an hour. I have always been able to restore it to
service by dismantling and cleaning the carburetor, but it doesn't run
very long before the problem recurs. These days I use the motor
intermittently and that allows time for varnish to form in the gas or any
number of other problems with the fuel to arise. When I used the motor
for cruising it worked like a champ. If I can get it running for longer
than half an hour at a time I might take it cruising again someday and see
if that's the difference.
If you have a Honda, take great pains to keep your fuel fresh and
free of contaminants. If you can keep a Honda running it's a great
engine, producing lots of thrust at low speed and very little noise at any
throttle setting. That's a combination that gives good control and
comfortable cruising. And it is economical. My 7.5 will move my Hunter
25 (4400 pounds displacement) at 5 knots using about 1/3 gallon of
gasoline per hour.
--
Fabbian G. Dufoe, III
350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South | email: sf6l...@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 |
813-823-2350 | 27 deg 44.5 min N, 82 deg 38.3 min W