| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 338.1 | 2 HP works fine | 57579::MURRAY | | Tue Jun 17 1986 13:46 | 7 |
| I use a 2HP Johnson on my Javelin. Works fine for this size boat,
but it mostly in a protected cove area. Winds on Buzzards Bay may
necessitate more omph. My concern was weight, and the 2 HP is
very light.
Dave
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| 338.2 | 3 HP outboard | 57393::TMOORE | | Tue Jun 17 1986 14:11 | 12 |
| I had a 16 foot daysailer and had a 3HP outboard, sailed it off
of Rye NH. The 3hp had plenty of ooomph for the ocean. The only
problem with it was no neutral or reverse, so when you start it
up ---- away you go. Could be a problem.
Good luck,
Tom
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| 338.3 | 3 HP | USMRW6::RNICOLAZZO | | Tue Jun 17 1986 14:51 | 9 |
| I used a 3HP on my Javelin. It worked fine. I believe O'Day says
not to put more than a 5HP on the boat.
A tip: Place a couple pieces of wood between the engine mount screws
and the fiberglass. If you don't do this the engine mount screws
will dig into the fiberglass.
rich
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| 338.4 | | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Tue Jun 17 1986 14:53 | 19 |
| On my first daysailer (BlueJay) and more recent tenders I have used
engines from 1.5 hp up to 10 hp. For a boat in the 14' range which
does not plane, 2 hp will get you around when its calm. To move
against a chop and wind closer to 5 hp becomes desirable. The main
thing I remember about small engines is that the Johnson and Evinrude
one lungers dont run smooth at low RPM. If the operator is using
the engine to steer, his hand on the steering arm will control the
vibration, but if the engine is left alone and the boat steered
by a tiller the little engine will start vibrating back and forth
which reduces the power into the water and shakes the boat. Anyway
I prefer a 2 cylinder as a kicker for small sailboats and the one
lungers on small tenders are fine cause your hand smooths them out.
By the way, other brands of one lunger engines may or may not have
the same vibration problem, its just that I only have experience
with the J/E engine.
Walt
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| 338.5 | Outboard Available! | NANOOK::SCOTT | Lee D. Scott | Tue Jun 17 1986 19:17 | 12 |
| I have a Johnson 4.5 outboard with intergral tank which was used
for two seasons on Lake Sunapee (N.H.) on an O'day daysailer (17').
this might be concidered the limit in size for the Javalin but one
should concider max size if you are going on the ocean. (It can
help keep you out of trouble). As to why we have the outboard
and not the boat - the boat was sold and the new owner had an outboard
already and the new boat we bought had a larger outboard.
If you are interested, you can contact me via vaxmail "NANOOK::SCOTT"
or DECmail "NEDVAX::SCOTT"
Lee
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| 338.6 | Vibration??? | NANOOK::SCOTT | Lee D. Scott | Tue Jun 17 1986 19:23 | 8 |
| After reading Walt's note on Johnson and Evenrude - I didn't find
and objectionable or unreasonable vibration with the Johnson 4.5
saildrive. Maybe Walt had an old vintage Knox Make and Break?
This engine ran fine and had absolutely no problems and I've not
heard of any complaints before this about Johnson/Evenrude (There
one in the same with parts interchangable)
Lee
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| 338.7 | Re: .6 | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Wed Jun 18 1986 09:28 | 27 |
| The Johnson I had was a 1.5 hp. I dont know the year built but it
must have been '75 or earlier. As I said the real problem was at
the lower end of the operating RPM range. The engine was smooth
enough when either wound up or with your hand on the steering lever.
It was just when operating from idle to about 1/2 throttle with
hands off that the engine began a side to side oscillation (the
rubber shaft mounting agravated this) due to either an imbalance
in the design or an unnoticed problem in this engine (I had it into
a Johnson dealer 2-3 times for tuneups and asked about this each
time - they said it was the nature of the one lunger).
The only external differences I can see between that engine and
the 2 hp Johnson I see today are color (new ones are white, this
one was dark grey) and the newer ones have recoil starter ropes.
I tried larger engines along the way and found even the smallest
2 cylinder unit quite smooth (I think this was a 4-4.5 Evinrude
on a friends boat).
By the way, I saw a Suzuki (I think it was 6 or 7 hp) on an inflatable
this past weekend. It was so quiet at low speed I thought it was
shut off as it approached our boat. It wasnt much noisier when
the owner cracked the throttle and left. I am impressed. Anyone
have one of these ?
Walt
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