mmmm twin outboards look so sweet. might have to save my pennies and do a conversion haha
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mmmm twin outboards look so sweet. might have to save my pennies and do a conversion haha
I would say 5 to 8 Silentscope - you can use it for trolling or safety backup
So why have an auxiliary - you have some chance to hold your own if something goes wrong near rocks, on a bar or near a jetty - I have used one for safety a couple of times over the years and appreciated having it -
A 5m Solataire with a 115 and 7.5 Mercury - stopped and drifted onto the Wanganui South Mole - auxiliary saved us
I bought a 6.9m Tristram with a 200 and 15 Johnson - on one of the first trips in the briny - Plimmerton down to Verns Rock - the 200 shit itself - so we came back on the 15 - took a couple of hours but reasonable conditions so no need to panic - sad with a brand new $80k rig -turned out the 200 had a pin hole in a frost plug - just in line with the electronic box of stuff - it didn’t like a water blasting with salt water
I have always had brand new gear - but nothing is new forever and nothing is certain in boating - so many things can go wrong
I have a 6m Tristram now with a 150 and 8 Yamaha - I can use the 8 to get back up a shallow channel in low water conditions - works fine and saves sandblasting the prop and skeg on the big motor
Thinking about an auxiliary - as the man from Mitre 10 says “Big is Good” ;) and always use a high thrust propeller - on a Yamaha - the centre rear will be black