Good evening everyone,

I'm interested to hear about thoughts/ideas/experience with stowage of your outboard for the tender. Any ideas, especially with pros and cons are welcome.  Photos even more so.

• Do you have a rail mounted pad on the pushpit and leave it there with an outboard lock?
• Is your preference to remove and store in the lazarette?
• If so, do you simply lay it down and secure it
• Or do you have a mount bracket (custom or off-the-shelf)
• What do you do about ventilation for fumes

For background info, I have a 348 (2-cabin variant) and a 3.5 hp mariner outboard

Thanks in advance for your opions and thoughts

Andrew

Its a balance between convenience, security and weight distribution, the latter to enhance the balance, and therefore seaworthiness, of the vessel.  The lighter the boat the more that its affected by weight of which hobby-horsing in a seaway is a prime example - although I wouldn't expect one outboard to make too great a difference unless you had a lot of other weight at the stern too.  Hopping between anchorages changes the equation drastically though, particularly if you'd be placing your back at risk hauling such a weight in and out of a locker on a frequent basis.  In such a case a transom mount preferably with a davit to crane it up and down would make a lot of sense.

Incidentally, that's one of a few reasons why I changed to electric.  The leg only weighs 8kg so it lives happily on the transom, easily handed down into the tender followed by the removable battery (which floats...!).

Hope this is helpful.

Iain

As regards not having fumes from an outboard, you should always turn the fuel off and screw down the tank vent. Once this is done run the engine until it cuts out, using the choke for the last few seconds to get the last of the fuel out of the carb. Once this is done lift the outboard on to the back of the boat and place it upright on a mounting on the pushpit. This is to let it drain all of the sea water out of it. When lifting or storing an outboard it is always best to keep it upright. It is essential that the powerhead is always higher than the gearbox / prop, this is to ensure no water can run up into the engine and destroy it. If you keep the outboard on the pushpit that’s you finished. If you are storing it below have a bracket made to keep it upright, but leave it on the back of the boat until just before you sail. This way it lets the engine drain as best as possible and for fumes and fuel vapour to disperse, this minimises smells in the boat. One person I know fitted an engine blower on a flick switch so that if he smells anything from his walk in locker he can suck the fumes out of the boat. 

Outboards should never be stored on their side, it increases the risk of internal corrosion and of leakage of oils and fuel. NEVER START AN OUTBOARD IF IF IS NOT IN THE WATER OR WITH A COOLING WATER ATTACHMENT FITTED. Running it dry you will destroy it in seconds!

If you are considering getting a small 2 strokes there are loads of good ones still around, if you want to know the main issues I’ve found with the 2hp Yams and Suzukis PM me.

Hope this was useful 

Simon 

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