Lightweight outboard

[PAR]

All up, the Toreedo motors weigh as much as a well designed gas engine. The 4.0 OR is just about as heavy as what he has, so where's the advantage? They also cost more then equaling HP in gas, so again, no gain, except in noise and pollution.

Your best bet would be ordering a 2 stroke from out of country, like Mexico. A 3 HP 2 stroke will weigh about half of your current 4 stroke.

Another option would be to remove the fuel tank, making it a remote tank setup. This will likely remove about 10 pounds from your current engine. You'd unplug the fuel line, then snatch the engine off the transom. Of course this will require some fabrication, a fuel line port, remote tank, primer bulb, etc., but could be an option too.

[masalai]

PAR, 16.5 kg for a 10hp outboard? 36.4pounds? - - The travel 801 S including battery (fuel) = 11.6 kg for 2 hp (25.6pounds) - Oh well horses for courses...

[PAR]

Masalai, I guess those batteries are made of air, right? The wimpy group 24's will weigh 40 pounds each, but since you only need 4 of them . . .

[masalai]

I don't know for sure as I only observed at the boat show last 21May at Surfers Paradise, Qld - Ni-something of a kilo or so by the looks catalogue is here http://www.torqeedoaustralia.com/Tor...a/Reading.html or http://www.torqeedo.com/en/hn/home.html - - - I only research the 4.0R (at 4000watts, their biggest at the moment)

[ondarvr]

You can lose about 14 lbs of that 40 by getting a Merc, Tohatsu, Nissan (all the same) 3.5 or 3.3HP depending on the brand. They don't make them any more, but there are still lots of them around.

2 strokes aren't illegal, some lakes and locations don't allow older carbed 2 strokes, but they do allow newer FI and DI 2 strokes. That type of technology is just too costly for very small engines right now though.