Kicker with twin 40s ???

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2002
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22 Cruiser
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Catch-22
Anyone out there using a 10 HP kicker with main twin 40s?

If so will the 10 HP kicker be strong enough to move a 22 ft. C-Dory?
 
I'm using a 5 horse with twin 50's and it pushes the boat just shy of 4knts on a calm day and in 2 foot chop it holds her into the waves and goes trolling speed.

Cheers,

Joe
 
I have twin 40s on my 22' and have no trouble trolling 1 mile an hour with one engine in the ocean. When I'm on a lake, I use the trim tabs to slow me down to 1.5 miles an hour on 1 engine. Before I installed the trim tabs, I would run both engines--- 1 in forward and 1 in reverse to keep me down to 1 mile an hour.
 
For what it is worth, my 3.3 hp dinghy motor pushes the C dory at about 3 knots in calm water.
 
Hi, Rooster,

I have a 6 HP 1999 Merc. 2 stroke carbureted kicker that will push my 22 Cruiser at about 5.2 MPH (GPS) flat out in dead calm water.

Ken
 
Thanks everyone for your feedback.
I think I have a line on a used 10 HP honda, but will need to look into how it would be mounted first.

:beer
from Jim
 
You may have to resort to one of the sailboat kicker mounts which can be retracted up out of the water.

-- Chuck
 
Rooster:

I run twin Honda 40's, and have decided no kicker for me. Are you at all interested in a 1997 Johnson Sailmaster 8 hp, 25" shaft, alternator, but manual start. It has one hour on it, was my emergency motor on a four-ton Larson Cabrio 280. Would do well on a much lighter C-dory, and can recharge batteries too. $600 would do it for me, replacment nearly $2000 nowadays, but of course would be four stroke now. Mint shape not a scratch, white.

Riverrat on Chinook
 
The more I look at this 10 HP kicker + the two 40 HP main engines the 10 HP may not be such a good thing to do.

Dragging a sea anchor may do the trick as long as I don't catch anything.

thanks to all

Jim
 
Hi,
if you have separate/redundant electrical systems and dual fuel filters with twins you already have a kicker. our twin 40's will troll down to 1.2mph or even less if you use a drift sock.
ras
 
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