I’m getting to an age where I need electric start on my Hunter 23. I think that means a 9.9 outboard. Has anyone done this? I need advice if I need to reinforce the transom. Bill Leathen Bill.leathen@aol.com
Lloyd. Can you describe what you did to beef it up. Thanks Bill.leathen@aol.comGo for it. I put an electric start electric tilt 9.9 Honda on the back of my Mac 22 and have not regretted it since. It's oversized for the boat but I could not find smaller motor with an electric start at the time. I had to go to a larger motor mount and beef up the hull a bit. It is quieter than the old 2 cycle and a lot heavier to get on and off of the boat so I had to beef up the stern so to leave it on while trailering. Was pretty much a slam dunk decision after trying to dock on the Columbia river with the old motor dying multiple times right when I need to be steering, not pull starting a motor at the ramp.