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would it be possible to put a very lightweight 5hp 2 stroke on a jimmy skiff with a reenforced transom?
thanks!
3 replies:
RE: motor
You could certainly put something on there but I'd probably stick with a 2 or 3 hp at most. 5hp is a lot of weight and I suspect you'd really need to beef things up on the transom and probably elsewhere to really keep the boat from torque-ing too much even if it can support the weight.
FrankP
RE: motor
» Submitted by ootdb - Tue, 5/31/11 » 8:13 AM
Would it be possible? Sure.
Would it be reasonable? No.
The Jimmy Skiff wasn't designed for a 5-hp outboard motor, lightweight or otherwise. If you want to use a 5-hp outboard on a boat you've built, build a boat designed for that size motor.