Hi @KeepTurningLeft I have 28 ft boat and considering to use this motor. It has a fractional cost compared to replacing the original diesel engine. I am quite convince with the capability og moving the 3 tons boat in decent speed. Can you share your experiences with reverse gear? I mean low speed in general for docking at harbour. Also did you installed the remote contoll in cockpit?
I have Tohatsu 6hp engine and I have a problem. When engine warms up to working temperature white smokes comes from water. on any gears and RPMS. And the smell is not good. What could couse this type of problems? Not a lot of smokes but everyone can see it when i am going out of the shore. Do you have any advice where to search the problem?
it will stop the boat if you are at very low speed for sure, but if your sailing 5 knots than do not expect that it will be stopped in a short distance. The prop does not work at that speed because the exhaust gases blow away the water so the prop has no water for "grip"..
Hello i own a Beneteau First 24 and the boat came with an old Yamaha 15 2t but i do want to replace it with 6 hp Tohatsu long shaft do you think it will be not enough for this boat
I recently replaced a older 9.9 hp Yamaha with the 6hp Tohatsu 25 inch shaft sailpro. I love it. I have a Ericson 25 which displaces 5,100 pounds. The motor easlily pushes me at 5+ mph but I usually run around 4mph with the throttle set on the upper side of the restart position.
I have the Tohatsu SailPro 6HP at 2,2 tonnes SV. Works for me, at half throttle it is somewhere between 4,8 and 5,5 knots depending on the wind and waves (4,8 kn against 20 kn wind and 5,5 at 0 kn of wind).
diesel maxes out at about 6.5 knots - althugh I assume that it would do five in the teeth of some strong winds - the outboard would probably get a bit flakey I was pretty pleased with it though
KeepTurningLeft So the outboard makes a good back-up to the inboard in any emergency, seems worth carrying. I hear the currents in the Minch are pretty bad. In fact, when I was studying Scottish folklore back in college days, I was enthralled by the legends of The Blue Men of the Minch, which I take to be folkloric symbols of the hard sailing in that area. Heads-up: if the mythical Blue Men swim up to your boat and grab a keel or rudder, be ready to beat their chief in a poetry contest!
a web friend, jumbleduck, has written one We sallied forth, we hit the Firth The wind and tide they did their wortht Oh how we sailors swore and curthed The night we went to Pentland Vibration! Is the propshaft bent or Have we hit our trusty Centaur On a floating log or tendaur Crossing o'er the Pentland Stop the lump! Start up Tohatsu Pull the string with great dispatch - you Need to miss the fearsome Stacks who Lurk beside the Pentland Hear the humming four stroke - regal (almost better than a Seagull) Covering another league al- ong the way the Pentland So let us hail the outboard motor Lobsters lines don't make us fraught or Halt our counterclockwise potter As we cross the Pentland.
KeepTurningLeft OK, that is a start, but the Blue Men are very critical, says the legends. I am not sure who actually judges the poetry duels, but I assume, as in most folktales, the monsters just "know" ( as when the sphinx threw herself off the cliff when Oedipus won the riddle contest). Good luck! :-)
Tohatsu are the best bang for your buck, had a few over the years, with some basic maintenance they are ultra reliable.
Thanks for the demo video. Much appreciated from Eastport, Maine USA
shucks! it was nothing. watch this th-cam.com/video/9aO5tZgdJcg/w-d-xo.html
I dont know... those twazzocks with their mobos !!! ;)
( love your films Dylan)
does it have a special high thrust propeller or standart propeller?
Hi @KeepTurningLeft
I have 28 ft boat and considering to use this motor. It has a fractional cost compared to replacing the original diesel engine. I am quite convince with the capability og moving the 3 tons boat in decent speed. Can you share your experiences with reverse gear? I mean low speed in general for docking at harbour. Also did you installed the remote contoll in cockpit?
Me too :-) I have a Shipman 28
I have Tohatsu 6hp engine and I have a problem. When engine warms up to working temperature white smokes comes from water. on any gears and RPMS. And the smell is not good. What could couse this type of problems? Not a lot of smokes but everyone can see it when i am going out of the shore. Do you have any advice where to search the problem?
Normaly white smoke is not good. Head gasket problem normally. Maybe dirt or crap in petrol?
Was the Tohatsu Sail pro 6 also dragging your diesels 3 bladed prop? Also, what throttle setting did you have?Glenn
Perfect!!🤝🇩🇰
It will always propel the boat well but don't try to use the reverse as a brake! ;-)
Why so? can you explain me please I was going to buy to manouver is small harbours ....
it will stop the boat if you are at very low speed for sure, but if your sailing 5 knots than do not expect that it will be stopped in a short distance. The prop does not work at that speed because the exhaust gases blow away the water so the prop has no water for "grip"..
Hello i own a Beneteau First 24 and the boat came with an old Yamaha 15 2t but i do want to replace it with 6 hp Tohatsu long shaft do you think it will be not enough for this boat
a perfect match I would say
I recently replaced a older 9.9 hp Yamaha with the 6hp Tohatsu 25 inch shaft sailpro. I love it. I have a Ericson 25 which displaces 5,100 pounds. The motor easlily pushes me at 5+ mph but I usually run around 4mph with the throttle set on the upper side of the restart position.
I have the Tohatsu SailPro 6HP at 2,2 tonnes SV. Works for me, at half throttle it is somewhere between 4,8 and 5,5 knots depending on the wind and waves (4,8 kn against 20 kn wind and 5,5 at 0 kn of wind).
What does the diesel give?
diesel maxes out at about 6.5 knots - althugh I assume that it would do five in the teeth of some strong winds - the outboard would probably get a bit flakey
I was pretty pleased with it though
KeepTurningLeft So the outboard makes a good back-up to the inboard in any emergency, seems worth carrying. I hear the currents in the Minch are pretty bad. In fact, when I was studying Scottish folklore back in college days, I was enthralled by the legends of The Blue Men of the Minch, which I take to be folkloric symbols of the hard sailing in that area. Heads-up: if the mythical Blue Men swim up to your boat and grab a keel or rudder, be ready to beat their chief in a poetry contest!
a web friend, jumbleduck, has written one
We sallied forth, we hit the Firth
The wind and tide they did their wortht
Oh how we sailors swore and curthed
The night we went to Pentland
Vibration! Is the propshaft bent or
Have we hit our trusty Centaur
On a floating log or tendaur
Crossing o'er the Pentland
Stop the lump! Start up Tohatsu
Pull the string with great dispatch - you
Need to miss the fearsome Stacks who
Lurk beside the Pentland
Hear the humming four stroke - regal
(almost better than a Seagull)
Covering another league al-
ong the way the Pentland
So let us hail the outboard motor
Lobsters lines don't make us fraught or
Halt our counterclockwise potter
As we cross the Pentland.
KeepTurningLeft OK, that is a start, but the Blue Men are very critical, says the legends. I am not sure who actually judges the poetry duels, but I assume, as in most folktales, the monsters just "know" ( as when the sphinx threw herself off the cliff when Oedipus won the riddle contest). Good luck! :-)