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TSmith6410@aol.com

Sat, Aug 10, 2002 8:52 PM

What would be the best horsepower outboard for the following RIB?

 Caribe 12 + motor + fuel + miscellaneous = 350 - 400 lbs.

Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults aboard.

We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience or
unbiased reference material to consult.

Terry & Christine Smith
M/V "Fiddler's Green"
Great Harbour 37 - #14
Houston, TX

What would be the best horsepower outboard for the following RIB? Caribe 12 + motor + fuel + miscellaneous = 350 - 400 lbs. Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults aboard. We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience or unbiased reference material to consult. Terry & Christine Smith M/V "Fiddler's Green" Great Harbour 37 - #14 Houston, TX

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Captain Al Pilvinis

Sun, Aug 11, 2002 1:59 AM

At 04:52 PM 8/10/02 EDT, you wrote:

What would be the best horsepower outboard for the following RIB?

 Caribe 12 + motor + fuel + miscellaneous = 350 - 400 lbs.

Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults aboard.

We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience

or

unbiased reference material to consult.

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At 04:52 PM 8/10/02 EDT, you wrote: >What would be the best horsepower outboard for the following RIB? > > Caribe 12 + motor + fuel + miscellaneous = 350 - 400 lbs. > >Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults aboard. > >We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience or >unbiased reference material to consult. ======================================================== If in doubt and can afford it, get the bigger one and no regrets..................... . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain

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Mark Richter

Sun, Aug 11, 2002 6:51 PM

I don't think many dinghies will be able to plane 4
adults on 15 hp. If this is your plan, be sure to
"try before you buy", with the full load you intend to
carry. I think your real choice is between the 25 and
30 hp motors.

Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh
9' Boston Whaler and 9.9 Merc (planes 2)

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I don't think many dinghies will be able to plane 4 adults on 15 hp. If this is your plan, be sure to "try before you buy", with the full load you intend to carry. I think your real choice is between the 25 and 30 hp motors. Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh 9' Boston Whaler and 9.9 Merc (planes 2) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

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John & Kathleen

Mon, Aug 12, 2002 12:00 AM

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Richter Richter-Pooh@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: TWL: Dinghy & Motor

I don't think many dinghies will be able to plane 4
adults on 15 hp.

Not wishing to disrespect Mark's comments, I have a 15 hp OMC on a 10'6"
Zodiac dinghy. It planes easily with three adults (I refuse to say just how
much at least one of them weighs, suffice to say that I exceed the standard
FAA 170 lb male profile!) and five 25-30 lb dogs! I've got the photos that
prove it. Actually can't go WOT even with the full load I just described -
it gets too hairy.

What's all this mean? Just as Mark suggests, "Try before you buy".

Regards,

John

----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Richter <Richter-Pooh@rocketmail.com> Subject: Re: TWL: Dinghy & Motor > I don't think many dinghies will be able to plane 4 > adults on 15 hp. Not wishing to disrespect Mark's comments, I have a 15 hp OMC on a 10'6" Zodiac dinghy. It planes easily with three adults (I refuse to say just how much at least one of them weighs, suffice to say that I exceed the standard FAA 170 lb male profile!) and five 25-30 lb dogs! I've got the photos that prove it. Actually can't go WOT even with the full load I just described - it gets too hairy. What's all this mean? Just as Mark suggests, "Try before you buy". Regards, John

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Brent Hodges

Mon, Aug 12, 2002 5:04 PM

Terry Smith wrote:

Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults

aboard.

We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience

or

unbiased reference material to consult.

Last fall, we bought a new 10ft Avon RIB (model 310 as I remember) & a new
Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke. It will plane with the wife & I & a full 6 gal tank of
gas, (I weigh 200lbs & I'm smart enough not to guess her weight, but let's
just say not much over half my weight) but it has to be small people to
plane with even 3 aboard. We don't have the "dolefin" or any of the helper
fins, so I'm sure that would help. Our experience with this would tell me
that with an 11 footer, I would go to at least the 25hp or bigger, which
ever the boat will take. Ours was rated for only the 15hp or I would have
been temped to go bigger on it.

Just our experience.

Brent Hodges
M/V Friendship
43 Albin Sundeck
Seabrook, Tx

Terry Smith wrote: > Desired top end perofrmance is to be able to plane with 4 - 5 adults aboard. > > We're torn between 15 HP (just adequate?) and 25 HP but have no experience or > unbiased reference material to consult. Last fall, we bought a new 10ft Avon RIB (model 310 as I remember) & a new Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke. It will plane with the wife & I & a full 6 gal tank of gas, (I weigh 200lbs & I'm smart enough not to guess her weight, but let's just say not much over half my weight) but it has to be small people to plane with even 3 aboard. We don't have the "dolefin" or any of the helper fins, so I'm sure that would help. Our experience with this would tell me that with an 11 footer, I would go to at least the 25hp or bigger, which ever the boat will take. Ours was rated for only the 15hp or I would have been temped to go bigger on it. Just our experience. Brent Hodges M/V Friendship 43 Albin Sundeck Seabrook, Tx

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