Have 5 hp 19881 Suzuki at 80# with 3 gallon gas tank. Long shaft that does move boat 6ish in flat water and still in a sea way.

No way plastic Nissan with internal tank would do that.

In ocean on ultralights including SC 27s well before my e27 . . . it takes a lot finesse to place heavy outboard onto the motor mount in sea way.

Never had to do it in an emergency . . . probably really tuff if no rig.

mb

:: 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