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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 06/22/2012 : 13:32:33

Cool....I'd like to know more about that crossing. I'd never heard of that waterway crossing Florida so I checked it out on Goggle Earth....I'd be interested in reading a blog, with pictures, of a crossing....

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Response Posted - 06/22/2012 : 14:33:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by SteveG_FL
 Thanks to everyone for the great input and encouragement/caveats. I am going with the 5HP during the "flat" summer and working on the boat. There is a lot of restoring to be done and between my work schedule and parenting a young future sailor I have limited time to squeeze working or playing on board; and even to keep up with my own posts in a punctual manner. Needless to say, I love the response and appreciate being part of such a great group. Once I get the major stuff done and summer is over I can put on a stronger, deeper outboard. In the meantime I will have one eye on the weather and another on the tides. Someone else will have to watch were I'm going.

Will work on story and pics of trip across FL this sunday. It was across the okee waterway straight through the middle of FL. Both mundane and awesome simultaneously if that makes any sense... more to follow. Have a great weekend all!

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Steve,

Congrats on the trip!!! I am looking at doing that in the reverse direction from up here on Merritt Island (and then return)!! So I am super interested in your trip report!!!

I normally have a Johnson 9.9 with a 10:5 prop pushing Confetti. However something plugged up the water jacket and so till I get that sorted out I pulled my 4 hp Johnson deluxe off my 12ft aluminum Johnboat and use it to push Confetti. It required modifying the plate on the bracket since the 9.9 is a long shaft and the little 4hp is a short shaft. The 9.9 has plenty of power for 4-5 ft waves for me, and I also pulled a shrimp net with it on Confetti on Galveston Bay.

However, the 4hp works great! We had 20mph winds we had to power directly into a month or 2 ago after a race to get back into the marina, and even though I was worried it would not make it, it did fine. However, the Banana River where we usually sail/race is very protected, so we were not fighting any waves, just a heavy chop. Where I noticed the biggest difference is the 4hp had almost no effect on the boat in reverse! The 9.9 is "weak" compared to forward also, but does fine in reverse.

The 4hp is also only around #50 where the 9.9 is at #82, so I am saving about #30 on the transom! However, the 9.9 will go back aboard when I get it all re-assembled (never did find what was plugging things up, and there was very little in the way of deposits inside the waterjacket when I pulled the powerhead apart?) Not bad for never having been pulled apart in almost 36 years of operations in salt and brackish water!

I suspect your 5hp will be fine for you this summer on the ICW, but watch out for stopping and in a heavy chop.

Cheers!!

Chuck

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KenDavis
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Response Posted - 06/22/2012 : 14:46:17

" The 9.9 has plenty of power for 4-5 ft waves for me, and I also pulled a shrimp net with it on Confetti on Galveston Bay."

Shrimp net? WOW, tell us about that.
I barely ever catch a fish from my sailboat, and I troll a line often.

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Response Posted - 07/10/2012 : 07:57:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by KenDavis
 " The 9.9 has plenty of power for 4-5 ft waves for me, and I also pulled a shrimp net with it on Confetti on Galveston Bay."

Shrimp net? WOW, tell us about that.
I barely ever catch a fish from my sailboat, and I troll a line often.
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Hi Ken,

It was a 20ft sprt net, and I dragged in Galveston Bay. Usually, if the wind was up I could drag under sail on a bear ro broud reach, using the outboard to powered around the turnarounds to go back the other way. I would drop the jib and luff the main when hauling in the net, hanging the boards over the stern pulpit (since they were muddy), and pull in the net, and dump the "boot" of the net (the tail end that was tied closed) into a laundry basket sitting on the cockpit sole. Then my kids and I would use tongs and sort the "catch" into buckets.... crabs, shrip, fish, and toss the little fish up to the seagulls (the kids REALLY liked to that part!!)

I used a bridle cleated to the two aft dockline cleats so the boat would pull straight.

Actually not a lot to do while dragging except play with the kids, or drink beer if they were not there.....

You can probably find a good sprt net, or a "try net" (10ft net) around your parts and give it a go!! If you don't get shrimp you almost always fill the cooler with crabs!

Cheers!

Chuck

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