Thread: Boat setup - onboard necessities

Originally Posted by Sidetrack

What are your thoughts on auxiliary motors?? I’ve asked this question repeatedly but generally the answer is that with the modern outboards, you don’t really need one. That’s something that I can’t reconcile and think there’s still a good case to have one fitted at some stage with its own fuel supply. I don’t know how usable they would be at sea but on the lakes, they would certainly get you home. Even off the coast, it might be enough to keep you off the rocks till rescue.

Better value for money to get a minnkota type electric motor then it can be used for general use.
Unless your auxiliary is much bigger than the usually are it's not going to be much use at sea, especially if you've gone out over a bar. Also it's another motor to maintain and keep running.
Plenty of stories of people having a breakdown and going to start the auxiliary for first time in yonks and realizing they have 2 motors that don't go