Nothing to do with motors here Connie, but I happened to be browsing my old issues of Wooden Boat magazine the other day and in the May/June 1997 issue in Peter Spectre's On The Waterfront column about 10 lead-off column inches were devoted to your London Boat Show and International Model Show adventures. There are a few of us who would kill for that much ink in WBM. t On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 28-Mar-12 8:07 PM, Tom Jenkins wrote:
Hi Tom,
Some years ago, an owner of an M17 - without a motor - had to take his M17 up the Thames River to a launch ramp.
I had an M15 with a 2 HP HONDA.
I took the HONDA 2 HP to New London, CT and mounted it on the M17.
With four adults in the cockpit, we went upriver against the outgoing tide and the HONDA 2 HP had no problem with that load.
Could we tow a water skier? No. But 3 to 4 Knots upstream with four adults in the cockpit is acceptable performance as far as I'm concerned.
Connie ex M15 #400 LEPPO
It seems as if my back no longer likes lifting a 50 lb Honda 5 from the car to the transom of my M17. Has anyone out there used an air-cooled Honda 2 hp 4 stroke with success on such a boat? If so, what kinds of speeds can you cruise a few miles at, and what is the approximate fuel consumption at speed? I certainly don't want to run more motor than I have to. (Dave Scobie, I think you ran a small motor on Air Born in the San Juans, but I can't remember the details.) Thanks a bunch,)
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla