Free Credit Report

Shallowest draft outboard??

Hi,

I have a Gheenoe (similar to a canoe), and I want to get the shallowest draft outboard that I can. I currently have an old 3 hp Evinrude. The distance from the transom mount (where the clamp contacts the transom) to the lowest point on the motor is 24 inches.

I checked at the Yamaha dealer, and their short-shaft motors varied in this dimension as follows: 8 hp two stroke - 28 inches 4 hp four stroke - 26 inches 2.5 hp four stroke - 26 inches

I'm thinking that I will probably get a 4 hp, but 3 or 5 would be OK.

Do any of you have experience with other manufacturers? Do any of them run shallower than the Yamaha?

Thanks, Dan

 Dan
May 6
2006
I extended the motor bracket on my pontoon to get the motor 4" above stock. The cavitation plate is about 3" below the water at idle speed. Motor down I run in about 17-18", trimmed out about 12" gfretwell
May 6
Transom heights and shaft lengths are generally measured from the top of the transom to the bottom of the boat (for the transom) and from the motor bracket, where it contacts the top of the transom, to the cavitation plate. Standard lengths are 15", 20" and 25". Practically everybody offers their smallest motors at 15". Honda has a nice lookin' 2hp, 4stroke, 15" shaft. But everybody has their own favorites.

Rick

PhantMan
May 6
   
Disclaimer: This is a computer-generated and formatted feed of current postings to a public
Internet forum. We do not control the information delivered, nor do we endorse or monitor its
content. Internet forums may carry offensive, harmful, inaccurate, and otherwise inappropriate material.
 Click to see the RSS XML version of this page   Click to see the Atom XML version of this page