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Re: Kicker motor
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:38 pm
by DougDoty
ris wrote:We have a Honda 60 on a MacGregor sailboat with no mast, which is 26' long and 7.5' wide and weighs about 3500 lbs loaded. At 3000 rpm it pushes the boat 8 mph. It has a 14 inch X 9 pitch prop. Max speed empty with 2 people is 20 mph, loaded max speed is 12 mph. At 8 mph it uses 1 gph at max loaded speed of 12 mph it uses 5 gph. We did the great loop in 2016 on the MacGregor. Hope this is helpful with your question.
Richard
Very neat information, I have wondered this exact question after watching Macgregor 26 promo you tube videos on line.
Re: Kicker motor
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:51 am
by Fastjeff
Man, those sailboat hulls really move easily through the water.
Always wanted to buy two, identical sailboats and build an OB power catamaran.
Jeff
Re: Kicker motor
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 7:15 am
by ris
If you ever put motor on a boat and plan to go slow do not buy E-Tech motors. E-Tech motors are made to run. There was a guy in a sailboat, and another guy who had a power cat who used E-techs on the loop and had problems as they did not run them fast, they traveled at 8 to 10 mph. The place where I bought my motor said not to get the E-tech but a Honda if I planned to travel at 7.5 MPH. They sold both motors.