I final decided upon a 4 hp 2 stroke Mariner. I paid 300.oo I use Amsoil Marine oil and my mix is 100:1 and she doesn't smoke. Yeah! She weights approx.
45 lbs. as a long shaft and doesn't drag in the water when I'm sailing, and when tilted up there is plenty of clearance from rubrail. I can push my boat along at
6 mph according to my handheld GPS. The real bonus is it has Reverse! I saved a lot of money not buying a new 4 stroke 4 hp and saved 15 lbs. of weight on the transom.
Sounds like a good choice. And at a good price too. I'm basically pretty lazy though and probably wouldn't want to mix the gas. Now if I only had that reverse gear....
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I'm considering getting a gas motor for my Legacy so we won't be afraid to sail down the inter-coastal, which I'm hesitant to do with my electric. I've found a good price on a 2.5 4 cycle motor but an curious if that's big enough to push it along. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Sounds awesome. I recently had an Evinrude 4 hp 2-stroke, ran great. I only used the non-ethanol fuel the last 3 years after I found out it was what was ruining my fuel lines. You might want to do that too.
Used to have a place to get Amsoil, but quit finding it around. I remember using it on an old Nissan 5 hp 2-stroke I had in the 90s; 100:1, no smoke, great stuff.