sail outboards?

[UNIQUE_NAME]

looking for something to push my 11ft inflatable around. looking at the 15hp 2 stroke. has anyone had or know anything of sail outboards? parts availability?

thanks

jim

 

[Paul45c]

Jim, if your tender is rated for it, I'd jump up to the 25hp...still the same 2 cyl. block in most o/b's, no more weight, and lots more power & utility. Cost difference should be negligible, too.

 

[UNIQUE_NAME]

thanks for the info but it can only handle a 15. can't seem to find ANY opinions on these.

 

[thoward]

My inflatable will get on plane with 2 people and dive gear so it should be more than enough. I saw it said the Sails were a copy of Yamahas. For $1600 it looks like a good deal. Like everything else they are probably throw aways. At $90 per hour plus parts it does not take long to become worthless. We bought one of those Chinese generators several years ago and it still works, if it blew up today I got my $300 out of it.

$.02....as a primary motor, no way but for a dink, why not!

 

[thoward]

Their website says they use Yamaha parts.....Probably made by Yamaha, Mercury releases motors under multiple names as well.

 

[UNIQUE_NAME]

thoward:
what site are you finding that mentions yammys? all the sites i found look like carbon copies of each other but not any technical data other than the size/wgt/ normal specs.

thanks

 

[thoward]

Sail Outboard Motors, is one of the fastest growing marine products in the industry world wide, including Germany, Sweden, Australia, USA,Canada and the world wide. Sail Outboards are Yamaha parts compatible, but parts are offered by Sail Outboards Worldwide at approximately half the cost.


http://www.sailoutboardsworldwide.com/

 

[UNIQUE_NAME]

thanks, that was one of the many sites i saw. just missed the yamaha reference. i wonder if compatable means i can cross reference their part number to a yamaha?

 

[thoward]

I have a 15hp Gamefisher and all the parts cross over to Mercury parts.

 

[MicroKap]

I have a 9.9 hp Evinrude for sale. It's a few years old, but has seen little use. I had it completely serviced two years ago and then ended up trading my boat up to my current Hatteras which had a 13' AB Inflatable with a Honda 50 four stroke.

The engine is currently stored on its stand in Monmouth Beach, NJ if you want to purchase it. The 11' Avon tender I had planed with two people and a little gear. It's a good, strong engine with a lot of life left in it.

 

[thoward]

my current Hatteras which had a 13' AB Inflatable with a Honda 50 four stroke.

50hp on a 13'er? That will make the hair on the back of your neck standup

 

[MicroKap]

With one person and full fuel, the AB Inflatable hits around 38 mph and rides really well. I've gone airborne in it with two other people and it reenters the water as if it were riding on a cushion of air. It was amazing. Everyone should trade in their Boston Whalers for a decent RIB. Also, having the inflated "collar" around the fiberglass hull and deck protects your Hatt when launching from your deck better than any fenders will. It's also a pretty dry ride with no teeth chattering.

I'm looking forward to April 2007 when the boat gets relaunched

 

[egaito]

....Everyone should trade in their Boston Whalers for a decent RIB. Also, having the inflated "collar" around the fiberglass hull and deck protects your Hatt when launching from your deck better than any fenders will. It's also a pretty dry ride with no teeth chattering.

I'm a big fan of RIBs now as well. I sold my 13' Whaler and got a 17' AB, 115 horse. It doesn't wake us up at night banging on the hull, and granted, she's 4' longer, but the ride is quite a bit better than the cathedral hull on the Whaler. She lands a lot softer when she goes airborn as well.

I still miss that classic Whaler though. My slip neighbor has it suspended on the back of his houseboat now. It rode rough, and wet, and would barely hold the family (three of us and two big dogs) but there was something about it that I just loved.

 

[luckydave215]

I have a 40 horse Honda on my Caribe 13' rib. It will indeed "make the hair stand up" - 40 knots worth of stand up. It only does scary chine walks above 35 knots though, so if you show a little restraint in bumpy water...............it's all good.

 

[Paul45c]

Nice thing about the RIBs vs. Whalers is that they can double-duty more effectively as lifeboats, I think, if you're venturing way offshore. Huge weight savings, too. Downside? Fishing isn't the best with the RIBs -- less interior space due to the wide pontoons and needing to have eyes in the back of your head on where your fish and gaff hooks are laying.

So, like everything, it comes down to intended use.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Well, I don't know about an inflatable being more like a life boat than a Whaler. The biggest seas I have ever been out in were in a 13' Whaler. I used to do all kinds of stupid things like that when I was a kid. That little Whaler handled great and it sure was fun looking up at those walls of water from the trough. You also don't have to worry about it deflating on you. But, they do ride rough, though.

 

[thoward]

We have a high pressure inflatable and it is good for diving and riding but the Whaler is far better for inshore fishing.

 

[UNIQUE_NAME]

I have a 9.9 hp Evinrude for sale. It's a few years old, but has seen little use. I had it completely serviced two years ago and then ended up trading my boat up to my current Hatteras which had a 13' AB Inflatable with a Honda 50 four stroke.

The engine is currently stored on its stand in Monmouth Beach, NJ if you want to purchase it. The 11' Avon tender I had planed with two people and a little gear. It's a good, strong engine with a lot of life left in it.

thanks, i started looking at he 9.9's. but we're a family of 5, and i've been told our combined weight would be a challenge to the 9.9.

jim

 

[Paul45c]

Well, I don't know about an inflatable being more like a life boat than a Whaler. The biggest seas I have ever been out in were in a 13' Whaler. I used to do all kinds of stupid things like that when I was a kid. That little Whaler handled great and it sure was fun looking up at those walls of water from the trough. You also don't have to worry about it deflating on you. But, they do ride rough, though.

I know what you mean, Sky. When I was a teen, my dad got a 42c that had a 13 Whaler & 50hp Merc, which was overpowered by 15hp. I barely glanced at the Hatt riding under the Whaler when the old man and I went to see it! I WANTED that Whaler. The stars lined up, and we ended up getting those boats, and yeah, I tore all hell out of my backside with that 13 in crazy seas out of Hillsborough Inlet and Boca Raton Inlet.

The Whalers are super stable, and no one can question the innate toughness of a 13, but I've got to give the edge to overall payload of a RIB. I know I can load more in my 11' Zodi than that 13 Whaler could have taken, and still not be dangerously low on freeboard. If that tender is my last chance 50 mi. out, I'd take the inflatable. But, when push comes to shove, nothing beats the true liferafts for lifesaving, so I guess it's all moot.