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I'm seriously considering purchasing an outboard version, as I won't do the inboard dance. I have been on the waiting list for a moorage slip for a boat of this approximate length for years. Because of this difficulty 6" in length makes all the difference. Therefore, I need to know the exact length overall of this boat when the motor is lifted. In other words, wall to wall measurement including pulpit. I know it obviously sticks out past the rudder, but I need to know exactly how much. Can anybody help me here?
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My MarkV has a Honda 9.9 long shaft. With 5 -position mount all the way up, and the Honda tipped to its horizontal, it extends 5 feet back plus about 5 inches of clearance in back of the transom. If the mount were to be at the bottom rung, then the motor would extend closer to 6 feet back. There is a second lock position on the Honda, approx. 45 deg angle-not horizontal and then it estends back about 53 inches plus the 5 inches of clearance.
The pulpit extends about 6 inches past the anchor roller on the bow. So, conservatively, I would want a 33 foot slip if I wanted to back in and not have the bow pulpit sticking out past the end of the slip. But by having the outboard at the 45 deg. tip-up you could save approx. 6 inches and by discounting the pulpit extension past the bow, you could squeeze into a 32.
But, why can't the bow stick out a little? is the passage between slips narrow so no projection is allowed?
By the way, the Honda 9.9 pushes the MarkV with no problem as long as you don't have a gorilla standing at the bow pulpit. copasetic
Thanks for the help. The issue in all this is waiting lists at my yacht club. They measure wall to wall, so having the pulpit stick out another 6 inches is measured in as well. Doesn't matter which way the boat goes in.
I have to get this in under 30 feet and what I have found is that some motor mounts permit you to raise it vertically so the prop clears the water and the motor rests in a position that is vertical, no horizontal extension at all. But I have only seen one motor mount that permits this, and not sure what kind it is, or whether it is adaptable to the reverse transom of the Mark V or not. Tis a challenge but have to get this in somehow under 30' or I'm back to the inboard.
BTW: is the 9.9 honda a high thrust? Having all that weight on the quarter, does it impact the performance under sail. Did you remove the old motor or did your boat come this way? What do you do with all the extra space down below.?
Thks again for the thoughts. Cheers.
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I think the outboard mount you are looking for is on the Rhodes 22 ( built by a co. in the carolinas-General boat or Marine or ??) It is a heavy-duty vertical rail bolted to the transom which has a heavy-duty slider on it to which the motor is clamped. There is a small block and tackle attached to the pulpit which does the heavy lifting. Kind of a like a mainsheet traveler tipped on its side, but much sturdier. I don't know if they sell it without the boat. I think a good macine-shop could copy it.
I bought my MarkV with the outboard and I don't think it ever had an inboard- the engine compartment is too clean and there don't seem to be any fittings for it.
I don't believe the honda is extra anything-it is electric start. I would guess it weighs 110 lbs. Last year when I picked up the boat from the yard used by the previous owner, the boat had plenty of upwind and reaching speed and did not seem to favor one tack over the other. For downwind, we always put a big guy on the bow to keep it down so that might be the compensation for the honda on the stern.
We are slower this year, probably because i have not got the mast rigging quite right. The motor is the same.copasetic
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