atvaholic Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hi, would it be possible to use a short shaft motor on my 12 foot zodiac? The manual recomends a 35 HP longshaft. I am looking a very small trolling motor 2 horsepower, 2 stroke. Since this would never get up on plane, would this be ok to use? I understand this wont go too fast, just want it for trolling around some small lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I use a "kicker" motor on my boat and it is too short..never had a problem with it so I don't see any real problem with you doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Like Terry said, no real problem, but if the prop doesn't sit below the bottom of the Zodiac, you're not going to get a lot of forward motion, just thrashing water around at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Like Terry said, no real problem, but if the prop doesn't sit below the bottom of the Zodiac, you're not going to get a lot of forward motion, just thrashing water around at the back. Kinda like a Shih Tzu on 80 lb test... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 just make sure the water intake area on the shaft is submerged and that the boat is "peeing". Somtimes at slow speeds when the engine sits lower in the water it will be fine, but as you get up on a plane you might melt it if the engine can't suck up water to cool itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 just make sure the water intake area on the shaft is submerged and that the boat is "peeing". Somtimes at slow speeds when the engine sits lower in the water it will be fine, but as you get up on a plane you might melt it if the engine can't suck up water to cool itself I really don't think he's going t get it up on plane with a 2HP motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 haha..didn't read it too carefully. Pictured something a little bigger than a 2hp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvaholic Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hey guys, all this being said, is a 2001 (approx) yamaha 2 Horsepower 2 stroke a decent engine? A guy has one for sale here and want to go look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish_fishburn Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Spend your money on a 15 or 20 and get it over with. Then you have yourself a neet little rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvaholic Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Spend your money on a 15 or 20 and get it over with. Then you have yourself a neet little rig. I already have a 9.9 that works great. I just like to have something light to get in those back lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Honestly, if it was was a long shaft and you're not in a hurry to cross the pond, fine, but you'd get about as much speed from a portable Sunbeam mixmaster with a short shaft. The prop is not sitting low enough in the water to get a clean bite, it's just thrashing water around behind the transom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 My 20hp shortshaft pushed my 16' longshaft boat 6mph my 4hp longshaft pushes the boat 5mph... a shortshaft will work terribly on a longhaft boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvaholic Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hey, I had a look at the motor, seems the condition and price are right. I set up on my boat. Seems to sit low enough..what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 that is the correct motor for that boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvaholic Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 that is the correct motor for that boat. Thanks Glen. I hope I can break the 5MPH speed record with it..well see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvaholic Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks Glen. I hope I can break the 5MPH speed record with it..well see! Hey guys, I tried this out last weekend and it worked just fine. I had to open it up to 3/4 or full throttle to get any speed out of it. I manages to get about 5mp or so with me, the wife and 2 little ones in the inflatable. There was a little chop on the water, so this did ok. 1 weird thing that happened. I was cruising at full throttle, then without warning, the motor just stalled. It took me a few pulls to get it started. I was scared to open it up again, as we wer far from shore and didnt want to get us stranded. Anything I should check? Any reason why this might have happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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