My son and I sailed the '75 C27 'Bout Time' out of Redondo Beach CA
(King Harbor) up until last month when the A4 gave up the ghost of
compression it barely had. We are mostly sailors and never used the
engine except to get in and out of the marina.
We are considering all options for repowering: new A4, used A4,
rebuilding our core ourselves, diesels both new and used and
switching to an outboard. Has anyone else made that change over
(inboard to outboard)? Is there info available on how to do it?
How does the change in CG (center of gravity) by removing the
weight of the A4 from 5 feet forward of the stern and then hanging
a hundred and twenty pounds off the back end affect the handling?
Our hull does not have a cutout to mount the outboard but looking
at other sailboats in the marina shows many with sterns like ours with
what looks like a glassed over piece of marine plywood and some
kind of motor mount to hold the outboard and let it slide up and down.
Is that all it takes to change over?
Nick Nicoll
(King Harbor) up until last month when the A4 gave up the ghost of
compression it barely had. We are mostly sailors and never used the
engine except to get in and out of the marina.
We are considering all options for repowering: new A4, used A4,
rebuilding our core ourselves, diesels both new and used and
switching to an outboard. Has anyone else made that change over
(inboard to outboard)? Is there info available on how to do it?
How does the change in CG (center of gravity) by removing the
weight of the A4 from 5 feet forward of the stern and then hanging
a hundred and twenty pounds off the back end affect the handling?
Our hull does not have a cutout to mount the outboard but looking
at other sailboats in the marina shows many with sterns like ours with
what looks like a glassed over piece of marine plywood and some
kind of motor mount to hold the outboard and let it slide up and down.
Is that all it takes to change over?
Nick Nicoll
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