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17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:30 pmby Darryl
I just bought a 17 ft. Oday. It has a pocket on the aft port side for a outboard motor. I live in Vancouver BC so most of my sailing will be in the ocean. What size motor should I use. 4, 6 or 8 hp. 9.9 I think is to big. The 6 is only $200 more than the 4. Advice. Thank you.
Re: 17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:43 pmby GreenLake
welcome to the forum!
I've moved your thread to the "miscellaneous" section, where we have several of the other discussions on motors.
My personal take is that 4 is plenty (anything over 2.5hp is overmotorized for the hull). I wouldn't advocate trying to run any tide races with a DS even under power (other than at slack tide) and I would think 4hp is plenty fine for "ordinary" scenarios.
Keep in mind that any extra weight that far back is really going to affect your trim negatively, so getting the lightest motor to do the job is what I'd recommend.
Re: 17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:26 amby ChrisB
I have a 3.5 Nissan two stroker and it has more than enough power for my needs. It's pushed my boat into some serious chop and strong wind......no tidal flows though so I can't comment there. I would opt for the smallest motor with a Forward-Neutral-Reverse configuration. My engine always turns the prop and you have to swivel the motor for reverse thrust which is a PITA.
Chris
Re: 17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:37 pmby GreenLake
I would second the statement about having to turn the motor to get reverse.
Re: 17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:16 pmby TIM WEBB
The Honda 2 has to be turned around for reverse, but at least with the centrifugal clutch the prop's not spinning in idle. Reverse on a DS is a dicey proposition at best, what with the low, flat transom. Even in calm water, at any RPM over just above idle, you're gonna get wet! ;-P
Re: 17 ft. Oday day sailor.
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:50 pmby jeadstx
I have one of the Lehr 2.5hp propane motors, plenty of power to push the DS even heading into the wind or dealing with tidal currents on the Texas coast. I use the same motor on my O'Day Mariner that weighs twice as much and it still has plenty of power. As mentioned by others though, not having a reverse can be difficult at times. Most of the time I can turn the head without much problem, but there are times when I wish I had a reverse gear.
John