The main issue I see with the lugar is a lack of an outboard in the deal. I have purchased two used outboards in my days. The first I paid $300 for. It ran great at home in a trash can full of water but the first time I took it out... the gears in the lower unit disintegrated when I was two miles from port, cold and with children on board. No wind and I paddled (for hours) to get the boat home.With the luger, i was thinking $5-600 to get it sea worthy and up to par. (assuming there's no real damage so just finish the cabin, replace some of the hardware, re wire. I already have all the tools, most of the wood and wire i can get cheap). I know you haven't looked at it, but does that sound reasonable? (I'm unsure how spendy rigging hardware is). Or do you think i would be better off spending another 1,000 and getting something that's ready to sail? I know it's hard to say without looking at the boats, but any insight i could get would be awesome.
SorryThe west right looks nice, but two problems. 1, it's in FL. I don't want to but a boat that i can't look at first. And 2, when the keel is up it sticks all the way thru the cabin. On the river the keel will be up most every day. Sept for on a few lake like areas in the northern half.
What would you guys think about this motor with the RL-24?
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/boa/4735414511.html
The RL-24 is fast an slender so i won't need a lot of HP. Also it has a more standerd looking outboardmount so i won't need a long shaft motor. (i assume). Briggs makes a good engine in general, but I'm not sure about their outboard motors.
I think once i find a boat, I'll kill the thread an make another in a month or so about what to bring, and what route to take.
AhSorry
I didn't know it was in FL. I did a 150 mi search from the Minneapolis zip code and that one popped up.
Np, other than that it was a good findAh
I tried it again. I didn't read it carefully enough. It said "Zero Results found so we search internationally".
My bad.
That Briggs and Stratton isn't wort 100 much less 400! Chief
Totally concur.... Tohatsu would be my first choice for a new motor.rgranger: Tohatsu outboards are not poor motors. I have owned several of them and had great results from them as well as my current new 9.8 Tohatsu. They make Nissan and Mercury as well.
That Briggs is a horrible motor!
Chief
YepThat off my chest, I thing granger was referring to price point rather than quality. he never said tohatsu was a poor motor.... just that it was at the low end of the decent motor group when discussing price.... another reason to choose Tohatsu.
Agreed, last year we took a two week trip with what I thought was a reasonably quiet 9.9 2 stroke. After about ten hours of listening to it drone I was ready to jettison it to the deep. Great advice.I really didn't want to post anymore to this thread but ... if you are making a months long trip down a river, motoring all the way (Add Thanksgiving music), you do not want a noisy outboard. Go 4 cycle or go home.
I spend an a couple of hours on a CD 25, with a 2 cycle outboard in a well, with the smoke and I was ready to swim home. The reverberation, choking fumes, and vibration was awful. but I'm nearing 60, and my tolerance for discomfort is dwindling, compounded hourly.
Yeah... I'd love to have a Tohatsu 6hp sailpro... Right now I have an older 4-stroke Honda 25. It is too much engine for my boat. It will push my boat at hull speed at 1/3 throttle.
I didn't say they were poor motors. I said they are on the low end of the decent motors. You are going to pay more for a Merc (even though they are the same) and you are going to pay a lot more for a Honda, etc. What I was trying to say is that they are a good value.
Re: The Briggs... I think we are saying the same thing. They are a cheap motor... but ... if you just want a motor that will push your boat... they work. Here are some pics of the one I used to have... it took me on some great trips... and always started but it kind of sucked so I sold it. Even though it was 4-stroke it was SOOOOO loud. And my hand would go numb from the vibration. This kid is trying to go on an adventure on a budget. A well found Briggs would do it.. But! They don't make these anymore so it is probably a mute point.
Thanks for ask the info. once i find a set up I'll make a new thread early next year.I really didn't want to post anymore to this thread but ... if you are making a months long trip down a river, motoring all the way (Add Thanksgiving music), you do not want a noisy outboard. Go 4 cycle or go home.
I spend an a couple of hours on a CD 25, with a 2 cycle outboard in a well, with the smoke and I was ready to swim home. The reverberation, choking fumes, and vibration was awful. but I'm nearing 60, and my tolerance for discomfort is dwindling, compounded hourly.
You will like it, have one on the dinghy and have more than once gone by someone on a dock and they have told the person next to them that they couldn't believe how quite it is...... I do intend to also buy a 3.5hp, 41lb, 4 stroke Tohatsu for another dingy motor to use during long distance sailing runs.
Chief