I have been costing the autumn, winter and next summer's adventures
I had been thinking about a Pageant which is currently sitting under a tree in ireland
that one has been put on the back burner for a while
so I am back to the centaur with dead engine idea
I reckon 10 hp will be enough so
I think I might need a Tohatsu Ultra long shaft
just got some quoutes in from here
http://www.theboatandoutboardcentre.co.uk/
Option one:
Tohatsu 9.8hp 4 stroke, Ultra long, elec start, with charging £2315 inc vat September delivery to us.
Option 2:
Tohatsu 9.8hp 4 stroke, Ultra long, manual start, with charging £2270 inc vat August delivery to us.
Both engines are special order and we would need a £600 non-refundable deposit at point of order.
all I need is to track down a boat I can put around it
D
Hi Dylan, I thought you’d rather like this series of little you tube posts. The couple sail a Pageant around the Greek Islands and eventually back to the river Exe via the French canals.
Hope you enjoy.
J.
Hi D.
On a sailboat, be sure to get what Yamaha calls a “high thrust”.
I’ve just bought a Yamaha 8hp 2stroke (it’s a sailboat, remember) with a “workprop”: bigger diameter, differently shaped blades ánd much more going on in reverse. It sits in a well, (Etap 22) and does wonders compared to the 6hp 4stroke Mercury she had before.
You still want to put it in a well?
Why buy new? No reliable dealers for secondhand Honda or Yamaha?
http://www.speurders.nl/overzicht/watersport-en-boten/motoren-buitenboordmotoren-en-binnenmotoren/None/yamaha-9-9-pk-langstaart-high-trust-148101811.html?sr_ab=1&query=yamaha+langstaart+9%2C9&category=3939&local-postcode=&local-distance_value=0&min_prijs=&max_prijs=&order_direction=&order_by=
Greetings from a very wet and windy Akkrum
Try LR Harris, Tohatsu dealer, bought my 6hp sailpro for £982 with tank inc VAT.
No relation just my local place. Nice guy.
http://www.lrharris.com/
I’ll go with Eade on this. Your pictured prop is definitely geared a bit speedboaty rather than workboaty, and wouldn’t a special order to get it right risk being a bit “special” (not allowed to say slow now) on repairs, replacement and general tinkering?
I have the Tohatsu 9.8 ultra long electric start with remote on my Hunter 22. It’s a 2009 model. Love it.
So you would be at a minimum £4500.00 for boat and new outboard, plus motor well install cost.
A bolt in steel or stainless tube would be the quickest and cheapest way ,perhaps £2-300 to fabricate and a weekend to install
So about $5000.00 all in.
Not bad but you can get a running centaur one other motorsailer for about the same……
Either would be a good choice.
I would defiantly go with a steel fabricated tube., easy to add the bracket mounting nice and strong. And easy to instal and super reliable even 1/4″ steel would take yeas to rust away with no maintain . ever.
W
Dylan
I was going to suggest a a piece of filament wound fiberglass pipe that is used all the time in chemical plants, and bonded to existing fiberglass or other grip/frp pipe. But I like a steel tube with flanges on one/both ends as it becomes a simple bolt on and seal with 5200, Super simple and reliable and easy to extend the tube above the cot-pit floor as reqd. to adjust the height above the waterline. I see where it would be easier to work with plywood if you can’t get steel parts made.. I’m dealing with a boat with all sorts of rotting plywood and that’s above the waterline/in cabin so am a bit anti plywood when fiberglass or metal is an option.
I think it sounds like a great project even if it is a little odd.(right up my street) , but you have to consider what YOU are comfortable with.
Hard to help much from America…..
W
600mm diameter. That’s a bit bigger than I anticipated, how big is this engine? You could fit a couple of 4hp seagulls in there and er….no? I can sense you glaring…
East coast is the supplier I’ve always used so easy recommendation, they’ve gone a bit upmarket with the web site but I don’t know if the prices have gone upmarket too. Know their stuff though. You can call in on your way back and forth if you use the Tyne tunnel to save the postage, might need a phrasebook though.
Dylan, I know you love the classical design of clinker how about saving a lot of money…..
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Classic yacht sailing boat with possible mooring berth on the Humber
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This has less draught than a Centaur and a solid fuel stove for Jill , agree it needs a few planks …..
Wasn’t that one of your neighbours in 2012?
Dylan,
I got the 4-bladed Tohatsu propeller 8 7/10 x 5″ pitch and got the hub changed to fit it onto a Mercury 2 stroke 8 HP long-shaft OB motor, and it pushes my 3500kg yacht at 5.7kts maximum in flat water. So you can use a cheaper motor if you deem it reliable.
Hi,
If a long-shaft would do you, the quotes you got are high:
http://www.tweedehands-buitenboordmotoren.nl/aanbod/1235/nieuwe-tohatsu-98-epl.html (€2500 = GBP1750)
Why not stick with your 6 hp tohatsu and get an extra long leg for it?
Justin
True
Tohatsu 9.8 extra long, electric start, charging, sailboat prop, tiller, manual tilt – £2207 from Harbour Marine, Pwllheli
Dylan,
The price you pay for a boat isn’t what you put into it. It’s the difference between what you pay and what you sell it for. The bodging with a sawzall and 5200 might get you something you like for 5k but at some point you’re going to have to sell it…