Berkeley Mid Winter #4 at Berkeley Yacht ClubFebruary 9
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1Dan Pruzan Wile E Coyote11
2Motorcycle Irene22
3Bessie Jay33
4Freaks ona Leash44
5Mirage55
6Libra66
7Dianne77
8Wetsu88
9Take Five99
10Elise1010
11Abigail Morgan1111
12Strega1212
14Great White14DNC
14Opa!14DNC
14Peaches14DNC
14Eagle14DNC
14Magic Bus14DNC
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Author: dan mcgraw (dan@...raw.nu) contact the author
Subject: Outboard selection for offshore racing
Info: (17065 views) Posted: Tuesday 2-26-13 01:12:19 PM
We are planning some offshore races this season (Farallones and similar stuff).

We are somewhat new to the boat. Our outboard is the standard 3.5 Nissan 2-stroke "light as you can get" standard shaft model. In any kind of chop, or even if too much crew goes forward on the boat, the prop will pull out of the water and rev up the engine.

I'm pretty sure it would be useless in any kind of ocean waves were we to need to motor home if we could not sail. I'm wondering what others do about this?

Is it as useless offshore as I suspect? Do people carry longer shaft motors offshore? Would a longer shaft motor just be equally useless?

Thanks for the advice!

-dan
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