4 stroke vs 2 stroke questions

[Bill]

Bill,

I get the impression that you are always racing when you sail.  Do you go out for just a sail?  And if you do, do you ever leave the motor in?

Tony G

Good question.  Yes and no.  If it's just my spouse and I, the engine stays in place, but if there are one or two guys we stow the engine (sometimes in the lazarette).  If we had a good upwind slip, the engine would stay stowed if there was any wind at all.  

[ray b]

flooding and drag are the two reasons we have glassed over the well on other boats and went to spring loaded bracket on the stern
pluss you start it in the up position eazyer and drop the motor once running
and back up and out is a simple painless lever pull

we loved britsh sea gulls but they are rare now do they still make them???

my yamaha 1 banger 4 hp 4 stroke lays on it's side fine and drains the water fast but more of a dinky
motor then a sail boat mover

if you donot need to go far or fast like just a docking motor
a mini-kota elec-trick will work, they are light and small too
but suck the juice out of your battery fast if run long and SLOW too

[Bill]

Outboards hanging on the stern were discussed several years ago at: http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussion/showthread.php?t=96&highlight=bracket

At the time, I noted: "There was a newsletter article about the dangers of hanging an ob on the transom of an Ariel or Commander. One of our West Coast members almost went overboard in some choppy conditions trying to reach the engine. In addition, the prop of the transom mounted engine kept coming out of the water in even less rough conditions. After that experience, they put the engine back in the well. Transom mounting is ok if conditions are "normal," but things can get dangerous if conditions turn ugly."

[Mike Goodwin]

Not to mention it spoils that cute little fanny she's sportin'

[Theis]

The Yamaha 8HP, 2 cycle sports both an electric start and a generator.  The 6HP is just a lower RPM vesion of the 8, I believe, and should also be able to be equipped with the electric start and generator.  Both the start and the generator, based on my experience, are add-ons and do not come with the new motor.

[ebb]

And one that has existed since 1964.

//www.planetmic.com

hit the 'boating' bar
hit the 'sailboat' bar
hit the '1964 Westerly Twentyfive FOR SALE (sold)'  bar
scroll to near bottom of page.

Did you find it?
Wonder where the tiller is in this guy's cockpit.  The ingleesh don need no stinkin rudders.

[commanderpete]

They got nothing on ebb's keyhole hideyhole system

[CapnK]

The ingleesh don need no stinkin rudders.

But apparently they need lots of keels!

[ebb]

Thanks C'pete for getting that Westerly jpg out of the bag.

Since I didn't know nothing about this pretty rare Westerly,  I roamed briefly and I think got on to a class association site where they had a fisheye view (from below looking up) of this 25 in a 3/4 line drawing.   I'm always lauding the 'animal' underwater lines of the A/C - the Westerly guy likened his underbody to the dolphin's - it was immediately apparent.   Especially in the way the fins (er, bilge keels) cant off vertical at a nice angle in that in the water view

Like to see the dolphin's view of the A/C!