And yes I am aware that they are not making anymore 2 stroke outboards, but I'm living in Venezuela and They still sell them here and with gas costing 5 cents a gallon for 95 octane and less for 91 octane, I could care less about fuel consumption.
I am looking at purchasing a 14ft Portabote because of the portability and the fact that I don't have to buy a trailer, get a liscense for that trailer, place a trailer hitch on my Daihatsu Terios, pay a monthly fee to a marina to have them keep it, the marina might even use your bote without permission, having to worry about theives stealing your engine and MANY more reasons why I can't have anything else including Inflatibles or RIBS because the places that I will be using this bote have MANY underwater pointy dangers. I will be using this bote 80% of the time In the salt waters of Morrocoy National park, I will be using the bote to get to beaches and weave through the narrow mangroves and possibly some light scuba diving.
I'm looking for an engine that has no less than 9.9HP and I am possibly going to get a Mercury because of the number of dealerships around my area.
The maximum engine weight that the 14 ft boat can handle is 38kg.
The Mercury 9.9HP 4 stroke weighes 38.1kg
The Mercury 10HP 2 stroke Seapro weighes 34kg
And the 15HP 2 stroke Seapro weighes 34kg as well.
What would you choice be? I personally want to get as much speed out of the boat as I can.
Thanks for the help!!!
I am looking at purchasing a 14ft Portabote because of the portability and the fact that I don't have to buy a trailer, get a liscense for that trailer, place a trailer hitch on my Daihatsu Terios, pay a monthly fee to a marina to have them keep it, the marina might even use your bote without permission, having to worry about theives stealing your engine and MANY more reasons why I can't have anything else including Inflatibles or RIBS because the places that I will be using this bote have MANY underwater pointy dangers. I will be using this bote 80% of the time In the salt waters of Morrocoy National park, I will be using the bote to get to beaches and weave through the narrow mangroves and possibly some light scuba diving.
I'm looking for an engine that has no less than 9.9HP and I am possibly going to get a Mercury because of the number of dealerships around my area.
The maximum engine weight that the 14 ft boat can handle is 38kg.
The Mercury 9.9HP 4 stroke weighes 38.1kg
The Mercury 10HP 2 stroke Seapro weighes 34kg
And the 15HP 2 stroke Seapro weighes 34kg as well.
What would you choice be? I personally want to get as much speed out of the boat as I can.
Thanks for the help!!!