{"id":6501,"date":"2010-02-03T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2010-01-29T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T18:34:28","slug":"outboard-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/outboard-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Outboard Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tobermory-scotland-6741.jpg\" alt=\"Tobermory-Scotland-674\" width=\"576\" height=\"489\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We often use our dinghy as an exploratory vehicle. We carry spares, emergency supplies, GPS, even a small EPIRB. But we have no secondary means of propulsion, other than oars. This is always a nagging concern, even though our 30HP Yamaha two stroke has never given us a problem (nor did its predecessor which served us faithfully for 15 years).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We noticed this rig in Tobermory Harbor in Scotland and it got us to thinking. It would not be that hard to fit a small outboard on a bracket to our big dink. The small engine could then be used on our rowing dink if required.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to research what is available this winter. One feature we will want is a separate (rather than integral) fuel tank, so we don&#8217;t have to worry about storing the gas filled outboard in our forepeak.<\/p>\n<p>The other factor is shaft length. Our larger dink requires a long shaft, and we are not sure what the options are in a two HP engine.<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often use our dinghy as an exploratory vehicle. We carry spares, emergency supplies, GPS, even a small EPIRB. But <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/outboard-backup\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dashew-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}