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Hello all. New boat owner here. Well, I say boat, but it is actually a 16ft inflatable so hopefully I won't be shunned. Plan to take it out into the 10,000 Islands of So Florida and need to understand fuel consumption. My short web research has yielded the following rule of thumb HP/10 for...
I need a 5 to 10 HP short shaft for a new inflatable kayak I just bought (16ft Kaboat, capacity 1100 lbs). Will be used mostly in salt water (not open ocean, obviously). Have 3 choices on craigs: 2001 Mercury 8 HP 2 str with new plugs, 1990 Nissan 9.9 HP 2 str, ??Yr Johnson 9.9 HP 2 str. All 3...
