Well, I can tell you we contracted this weekend to get a Yamaha 8 - they stopped making in in 09 but there are still plenty available new in the box. We will have to trim the transom just a tiny bit but worth the effort.
--- On Sun, 2/28/10, mujin2000 <[email protected]> wrote: From: mujin2000 <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: Replacing the outboard on a 1977 Catalina 27 To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 9:08 PM The saga continues The yamaha 9.9 is a confirmed no fit from a conversation with yamaha about the dimensions. So we went on the mission of finding a used Honda 100 based on another posters assertion that it fit fine in his unmodified Catalina 27 lazarette complete with pictures of the motor on his boat (from outside the boat). After a bit of a search we finally found a CDI version, confirmed it ran well, and bought it. Brought it down to the boat and guess what, IT DIDN'T FIT! The motor cover didn't clear the top of the opening by about an inch. I compared the drawings I received from Catalina against the dimensions of our boat and they match so we do have a stock configuration. There may be some modifications we can do to the Honda 100 to make it fit but unfortunately we are not at a solution at this point. --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "mujin2000" <mujin2...@. ..> wrote: > > OK so from what I've heard so far > There are two motors reputed to fit the existing cutout in the transom: > > * The Yamaha 9.9 high thrust motor > * The Honda Classic (Suggested when I called Catalina) although I > haven't found a 4 stroke Honda with Classic in its name. > > I've yet to hear directly from anyone that can personally confirm either > of these motors. > > Most have used a mounting bracket and all of these installations used > remote controls. > > > > > --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "mujin2000" mujin2000@ wrote: > > > > The old Yamaha 2str barely fit through the opening in the transom to > > tilt up. The new 4Str heads are bigger and it looks like they won't > fit. > > Using a bracket will further extend the motor aft making the controls > > inaccessible (and the remoting option is another $1k in parts + the > > labor). > > > > Is there a list of motors that will fit? > > > > Is there a known documented solution? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
