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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/16/2003 :  23:09:53  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jsummerfield</i>
<br />In 1996 bought the Mercury 9.9 four-stroke long shaft electric start. I have paid a lot for mechanics to try to make it start well. I think that this was actually a Mercury buyout of a Japanese motor...
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The current Merc 9.9 4-stroke is made by Tohatsu, who makes them for Nissan.
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 :  08:44:56  Show Profile
I want to put a new outboard on my new boat next spring, mostly to get electric start and a high-amp charger. Folsom Lake does not provide shore power, so charging your boat battery comes down to either solar panels or whatever juice you can get out of the outboard.
The 2-stroke vs. 4-stroke controversy has been settled by the California State Government; 2-strokes are no longer sold here, I have been told. It really comes down to a choice between the Honda and Yamaha. The Yamaha 9.9HT is probably a better all-around sailboat auxiliary, due to it's HUGE prop, 3:1 gearing, and tiller-mount gearshift, but it's lack of a recoil starter is a definate problem. I'll probably go with the Honda, just because it comes standard with a recoil starter, even on the electric start model.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 :  09:52:49  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by lcharlot</i>
<br />...I'll probably go with the Honda, just because it comes standard with a recoil starter, even on the electric start model.
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...and about double the charging output (which may be why Arlyn's mileage is so much worse than with the older model).
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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 :  10:19:29  Show Profile
Just have to get my 2 cents in on this one.

Honda 8 NOT. I have one one and it has nothing but trouble since day one. (It came with osmepneo.) It is spending its last days on the transom of osmepneo now.

I am replacing it with a Nissan 8 2 stroke. I don't use it enough to feel any guilt about pollution. Max annual usage is, will be six gallons. I plan xls, electric start with the high pitch prop.

As I sure others have said lots has been disscussed on the forum about obs. You might want to read those threads.
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matsche
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Response Posted - 11/17/2003 :  11:04:31  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I don't use it enough to feel any guilt about pollution.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

I agree with you. Compared to an average 1,500 gallons a year burned up in a gas-guzzling SUV, that 6 gal/year makes you a tree-hugging environmentalist!!! IMHO.
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DreamCatcher
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Response Posted - 11/23/2003 :  23:24:52  Show Profile
Hi Bill
I also sail on Barnegat Bay in NJ. I have been out there on some windy rough days that my 20-inch Johnson could not handle. Could not keep the prop in the water. The last straw was when I couldn't get back to the marina during a summer squall and had to wait for it to pass. I had the shaft lengthened to 25 inches and it is now OK. Get the longest length possible. Yes size does Matter!
By the way I am in Forked River where are you?
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