I've never heard of two motors on sailboats.....the sails being the primary source of propulsion. A motor second. I also carry a sculling oar as my third source. If the motor won't start and the wind is blowing, you can sail these boats most places. The only M15 I've been on was Doug Kelch's and I'm convinced you could sail that boat into and out of a slip....in other words......anywhere. If the wind is not blowing and the motor won't start, the oar will make 1 knot. If I had a fully charged deep cycle battery, an electric trolling motor might be an option. I have a motor guide that I've used when the gas engine was in the shop, and I could get 3 knots out of it. Enough to get you on the dock. With a fully charged Group 24 deep cycle battery, in a dead calm, the boat would probably have a range of 5 miles or so. On Apr 22, 2010, at 2:13 PM, SALGLESSER@aol.com wrote:
I've not heard of anyone carrying a spare outboard, although it makes sense. Have you ever had a need to use the spare? What kind of engine do yo use as a spare?
sal
M15 - "Justus" - 1986 - #361 M23 - #2 - being built
In a message dated 4/20/2010 8:21:01 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, capnlou@ec.rr.com writes:
I remember reading that the 15 was light in the bow with people in the cockpit, so for awhile I had a spare 2.5 engine in the forward part of the V-birth. It was alright but it tended to bring the bow down too much. I recently managed to put it under the starboard cockpit bench and it makes a pretty good counter to the 2.5 that is mounted on the port transom. I keep my anchor forward now and it seems to be a pretty good balance. The spare engine is a 2 cycle and it has no fuel in it so ther is no danger of gas leaking. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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