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Hi Lesley,
When I first bought my 9.9 hp Yamaha four stroke I cut
out about an inch off the bottom of the opening in the lazarette on my
1976 Catalina. I also had a model Yamaha that allowed me to mount
the handle with the controls on my tiller (I had to only buy extension
cables). I moor my boat in a river that has a swift current and it is
wise to tilt the motor out of the water when the boat is not being used.
I found that the motor turned out to be very difficult to tilt when
mounted in the lazarette I also scraped a few knuckles in the
process.
I then made up two pieces of wood one oak the other plywood
and closed up the opening in the lazarette using 10 3/8" bolts ,
nuts and washers. I then mounted the motor on a bracket
(offshore type 150 lb ) with an extension handle for lifting in the
middle of this wooden sandwich that allowed not only me to lift the
motor straight out of the water but also the first mate. (The 96 lb
motor became a 30 lb motor due to the springs in the motor mount). I
also freed up enough space in the lazarette to install a 13 gallon gas
tank and two small 2.5 gallon gas tanks for long range
cruising.
I have pics if you would like to see the arrangement.
Jim & Sue
"Yankee Traveler"
1976 C27
#2791
Newburyport, MA
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Date: 04/26/06
22:27:54
Subject:
catalina27-talk: Re: Outboard Motor Question
> Clyde said: Lesley - when
I replaced outboard in my old C27 bought an Evenrude
> 9.9
electric start. Two stroke. Had to cut out about an inch on
> the bottom of the transom - filled with Marine Tex and sanded
> smooth. Couldn't close cover so cut out section of
lid and build
> teak box about inch or so high to fit over
part
> cut out. Sanded and
varnished. Looked good. Think some folks
> bought
Yamaha or Nission engines that fit ok. Good luck.
>
Lesley,
Whiskey
Girl has a Honda 8HP 4 stroke mounted on the portside stern. Its
mounted on a spring loaded swing mount that was sized for the weight of
the motor (115 lbs) The OB shaft is 20 inches and about 15 inches of it
is in the water. The PO who put it on, through bolted it to a 1/2
in plywood stiffener that is inside of the stern lazarette. He cut
a nice 1/2 inch thick plywood filler to go into the former motor
opening. Its painted white and matches the hull pretty good. This
makes a nice place to put the gas tank and propane.
The OB drives the boat at about 3
knots in a 25 knot headwind and very choppy seas. There is no
remote control, but the throttle locks and the motor doesn't need a lot
of attention. A down side is that the 1st mate can't get enough
pull to start it. She's 5'3" and 135, but just doesn't have the
upper body strength to do it.
The weight of the OB has made Whiskey Girl squat at the stern,
with her stern cove stripe under water. I compensated for this by
moving all the anchor chain and an anchor from the stern to the rope
locker under the V berth. I probably could/should put a 50 lb
sandbag up their too.
Jim,Whiskey
Girl
Dana Point, CA
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