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Engine for Kingfisher 20+ junk rig

  • 15 Mar 2013 20:26
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    Reply # 1243745 on 1212082
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    Georg, I'm right handed, so I'd usually steer with that hand. The outboard was 'inboard', in a well. The throttle control protruded into the cockpit slightly, so I'd get the boat on course, switch to steering with my left hand, turn sideways and adjust the throttle, take a look at how things were going and so on until the engine was running how I wanted. Then back to steering with my right hand. I suppose a remote could have helped, but it's something else to go wrong, thiough I don't know how reliable they are.
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  • 15 Mar 2013 06:57
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    thank you! :-))
    actually – the decision came to me because i had the opportunity to get it very cheap… *gg*
    i was just wondering how one can steer the boat and at the same time accelerate the engine…
  • 13 Mar 2013 20:15
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    Hey Georg you make quicker decisions than I do :-) We never had a remote control cable. I doubt we'd have used one if we'd had one, as the engine is only arms length way when you're at the helm.
  • 07 Mar 2013 13:08
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    i decided for a tohatsu mfs6b ssp l ex (sail pro)… :-))

    are there any experiences with a remote control box for it?
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  • 24 Feb 2013 21:11
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    I believe we had a longshaft - long time ago. That link that I just sent re the infill board includes a longleg outboard. There are other K20s for sale on kyoa - you could see what engines etc they have. Also on www.apolloduck.com - srcoll down to the bottom of the page.
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  • 24 Feb 2013 07:08
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    thank you, brian.
    do you recommend a short, standard or long shaft?

    and colin, so  you wouldn't recommend the honda inboard?

    what if i can get a volvo penta or an old johnson?
    Last modified: 24 Feb 2013 17:58 | Deleted user
  • 23 Feb 2013 21:26
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    Hers does. You'd better measure the compartment and compare the dimensions with the engines that interest you.
  • 23 Feb 2013 18:03
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    cheers!
    and these motors fit into the engine compartment?
  • 21 Feb 2013 22:09
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    Hi Georg. My daughter says her Kingfisher came with a TOHATSU 6 hp PETROL which is ideal. That probably means its innards are Mariner - most of these small engines have the same guts, I'm told.
    Last modified: 23 Feb 2013 21:27 | Deleted user
  • 20 Feb 2013 17:52
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    Funnily enough I am facing exactly the same problem. I had a 5hp Honda last season, but it choked itself on fumes accumulating in the outboard well. I have decided to change it, partly because it is a long shaft and I'm now told that a standard shaft would be better. It seems that many people have had to run a vent tube overboard from the secondary exhaust port on the Honda's drive leg to cure the choking problem. I am thinking about a 5hp Johnson, because it has the same guts as a Mariner, but is a touch cheaper, and has a gearshift lever on the front of the engine not on the side, which should be far easier to operate with the engine in the Kingfisher's well. Whether or not a tube from the drive leg exhaust port will be needed I don't know. 
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