Put your winter cover on your transom ... Centermount a fourstroke (Mine is a Honda 9.9) on a stainless mounting bracket... you now have all of that extra stowage and quiet dependable auxillary propulsion .... Enjoy!
________________________________ From: Victoria Bayly <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 9:41:02 PM Subject: Re: [IC27A] Outboard Engine advice needed We just replaced our 82 with a Yamaha 8 long shaft high thrust. They had to custom make the cover so it tilts but it with the new cover it is perfect! --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Steve Noble <nobel...@yahoo. com> wrote: >From: Steve Noble <nobel...@yahoo. com> >Subject: Re: [IC27A] Outboard Engine advice needed >To: ic...@yahoogroups. com >Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 8:59 PM > > > >Neil, Did you ever figure out if there is a newer 4 stroke outboard that will >fit in your transom space? I have the same problem. I have a 75 Catalina 27 >that came with an older Honda 10 four stroke engine. Now the water pump is >shot >and I don't really want to put a lot of mone into this old engine. I know >that >it is a long shaft, it tilts up and it doesn't interfer with the rudder. I >tried my Mercury 9.9 4 stroke and idoesnt tilt up unless I take the cowling >off. I know this topic has come up on the list in the past, but I can't seem >to >find an answer. > >Steve Noble >Whidbey Island,Wa. > > > > ________________________________ From: neil.kopp <[email protected]> >To: ic...@yahoogroups. com >Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 8:06:47 AM >Subject: [IC27A] Outboard Engine advice needed > > >I have a 1976 Catalina 27 with a small 2 stroke Mercury outboard mounted in >the >cutout of the transom. I want to upgrade, but am finding that to get an engine >that will fit and tilt up properly is very difficult because modern engines >have >bigger housings than the cutout will allow. Additionally, it has to have a >very >short shaft because otherwise the prop will hit the rudder, which angles back >under where the engine hangs. > >Has anybody else run into this that could part with some advice? > >I would love to learn a of a new outboard make/model that will fit. Or, should >I >move to a mounted bracket? > > >Thanks for you help! > > >
