I've used a Honda 5HP on my M15, and it's way too much. Haven't used my Honda 2HP yet (it's primarily a motor for Moby Dink, my deflateable dinghy), but that's the one that will be going on there. I'm sure that they've fixed it now, but didn't B&S outboards have a terrible reputation for corroding into uselessness remarkably quickly?
 
Giles Morris
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Dawson [mailto:rdawson@surewest.net]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:44 PM
To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: M_Boats: Outboards again

Sorry if this is off topic and I know this subject gets totally hashed but I am in the market for a 4 stroke outboard for my M15 and need to know the transom height or how to measure it. My boat is an 89 model with the fixed motor mount.

I know that the Honda 2hp is all I need and is the bomb BUT, Stockdale Marine has a Briggs & Stratton 5hp for less $$ AND it has neutral, forward and reverse AND an external tank so I can cruise the river all day if no wind.

Thanks to anyone who responds. All comments welcome.

Ran Dawson

Little Wing

Folsom Lake

California