Rich, I'm thinking with a little work you could mount one of Seven Marine's 557 hp outboards on the transom.
Denis C. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote: > Jeff, you are getting me worried. I have another couple hours and I'll be > ready to start my refurbed Yanmar. Maybe I should get an outboard.... > > Rich Knowles > Indigo. LF38 > Halifax > > On 2012-09-26, at 23:27, Jeff Cole <cncli...@sailmasala.com> wrote: > > Way back in the previous millenium, I had a C&C 25 with a Vire 7. The > inboard had been a selling point when I bought the boat. > > Once the engine got to be 20-ish years old, it was sounding awfully bad, so I > sank many hours and hundreds of dollars worth of parts into a re-built - > bearings, seals, etc. Guess we (I had a helper) messed up something 'cuz > it only ran for about 30-40 seconds after the rebuilt and then died with a > disintegrating piston. > > I gave it away for parts, and put a new, long-shaft, electric start Honda > outboard on the transom. What a vast improvement in noise levels, fuel > efficiency, pollution emissions, power, thrust and reliability ! It was > infinitely better, and much less costly than a re-built diesel, which wasn't > in the budget. > > For folks that aren't familiar with the Vire 7, it's a single-cylinder, > two-stroke gasoline inboard. > > Bill - seriously consider just getting a really good outboard - long shaft, > high-thrust prop, and put it on a really good mount that gets the outboard > close to the water and keeps the prop in the water even when pitching into > waves. It can be done, and it's far less money than an inboard. > > > Cheers, > Jeff > ex: 1976 C&C 25 "Sir Behari" > Now: 1979 C&C Landfall 38 "Masala", being prepared for haul out next week in > Wiarton, Ontario > > > > > On 9/20/2012 5:59 PM, wster1...@aol.com wrote: >> Talked to a guy at the boat yard today and he had nothing good to say about >> the Vire 7 engine. Is it worth looking for one? Seems equally hard to find a >> Yanmar 1GM. Any ideas thanks. Bill Sterling-Kingston N.Y. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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