-=> on 07-28-05 08:56, JEAN PARROT wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=-

 MM> That low profile design was for fishermen, especially for trolling, so
 MM> that the engine wouldn't get in the way of the line or the pole tip.

 JP>         Hey, cute. My fly-line always gets wrapped around the tiller
 JP>   on my small outboard. But 9.9 would be too much for my 12' glass
 JP>   boat. The 9.9 figure was designed so that it would be under the 10+
 JP>   compulsory registry of the boat.

Smaller and lighter definitely has its advantages, but with a larger
motor, you don't _have_ to run it wide open.   With a 9.5 or 9.9,  that
12' FG boat would move along pretty well. Modern USA boats have a
medallion on the transom which gives max HP motor recommended. Do they
do that in CDN also?

Down here, it is good to have at least enough motor to get the boat up
on plane, as thunderstorms with lightning and high winds can blow in
pretty quickly. Of course, lightning is always dangerous when boating,
and on big water, (as you have at Kamouraska), size of waves can get to
be a prob for small boats pretty quickly, once the wind gets going.  I
have a "war story" I may write down one of these days, where I was
caught out alone during a pretty violent thunderstorm, on the Gulf of
Mexico in the "big bend" area of FL.  By the time I got back to shore, I
was wishing I had either a Donzi or a Cigarette- something good for 60+
mph.

- - -  JimH.

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