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[slowpoke]

has any one have a 9.8 tohatsu on a cape dory , if so does it fit with enough room to turn a little?

[Insails]

What size dory?
Does it have an outboard motor well ?
If it does have a well why would you need it to turn when you have a rudder?

[sailingdog]

Slowpoke—

More information, rather than less, is generally going to result in better answers.... Is it a FOUR-STROKE 9.8 HP Tohatsu or a TWO-STROKE? What cape dory boat are we talking about? Is it in a well or transom mounted?

Not mentioning these specifics makes the question unanswerable...

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[slowpoke]

its a 25 cape dory, i have a 20 year old 8hp honda 4 stroke on it now, it works fine but will only turn 2 inches each way and the exhaust fumes in the well will shut the motor down if i close the hatch , because it does not exhaust through the prop.i am interested in a 9.8 4 stroke or 6 hp 4 stroke. has any one used one of these motors?

[slowpoke]

it helps in docking to turn the motor as well.

[sailingdog]

IIRC, the outboard well on the CD25 is about 8" x 12". Most four-stroke engines are going to have trouble with a well that small, and few will turn. The 8 HP you've got is about the largest four-stroke that will fit.

The head on the 9.8 Tohatsu four-stroke, according to this year's model dimensions is 14.4" wide... so I doubt it will fit, much less turn. The four-stroke engines are typically much larger than their two-stroke counterparts, and much heavier. The CD25 outboard well was designed with a two-stroke motor in mind.

[bargeworker]

My Dad Reggie Richardson ie slowpoke has made his last sail on this earth. I will sail on without his body, but I think a part of him will be with me always. I Love you Dad wherever you are

[seabreeze_97]

Fair winds.....

[captbillc]

that is a deep loss. i feel for you. i lost my 64 yr old son on 1-29-2010. he sailed with me and i miss his company.

[sawingknots]

wow,i am very sorry,a death is never easy