Thread: 2hp outboard on a 8ft dinghy?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

used a 2 for a while on a ten footer, two blokes and a wet net made for slow going against a current but still better than rowing or swimming.
a 6 would plane me and two small kids just at full throttle and could not be backed off or it would fall off the plane an 8 planes me and the kids and a net or two generously proportioned blokes just.

a 4 or 5 may plane just you if your lucky?

I may be a generously proportioned bloke but .....................................

and 10hp would definitely be better

Originally Posted by mikee

I may be a generously proportioned bloke but .....................................

and 10hp would definitely be better

Too heavy, 9.9 is the same engine as a 15 which may as well be twice the weight.