Firefly3572
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Reged: 05/07/2004
Posts: 245
Loc: Sussex-Hampshire coast
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I can get my 230 inflatable floor to Plane in flat water with approx 16 stone in it, me and two 5 year olds at the front with the Mariner equivalent of the Tohatsu 3.5. Great fun but pretty wet and the prop cavitates when you get to max speed.
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William_H
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Reged: 28/07/2003
Posts: 3731
Loc: West Australia
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Many thanks for the correction. Obviously these little motors do wonderous things. I think the weight will still dictate speed to a large degree. olewill
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mikehibb
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Reged: 23/09/2007
Posts: 479
Loc: Turkey Azerbaijan and Georgia
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Well an update.
The Tohatsu 3.5 did not turn up in time, despite being ordered 6 weeks in advance. Apparently it got delayed in transit. Never mind though, after a few frantic phone calls by the supplier they offered me a new Mercury 3.3 that could be delivered over night, so I took that option.
Nice little motor, got a good 4-5knots out of it, more than enough for what I wanted. More details of the holiday later. Just got home and the sun is just coming up, need to get a couple of hours kip before work tomorrow (well might be a late start)
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mikehibb
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Reged: 23/09/2007
Posts: 479
Loc: Turkey Azerbaijan and Georgia
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Some more feedback, and a possible slight change of plans.(As always with everything boaty)
No, not changing the O/B. But might change the tender.
The Plastimo 2.6 is good enough for my needs, but after a conversation with my sister, her kids are really looking forward to more sailing, but also want to to pop over to the little islands and bays near by and do some fishing/crabbing.
The 3.3 on the flat bottomed plastimo made a good 4-5 knots, but this was at just over half throttle, before we reached the hump.
So the next question is would an inflatable keel type tender get a bit better handling and speed and allow me to open the engine up a bit more?
The plasimo was a used one that came with the boat, and holds pressure in the tubes perfectly, so I can easily sell this on to offset the cost of an inflatable keel type tender.
Small rib is not an option, must be inflatable tender.
As always, many thanks in advance for suggestions.
Mike
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