peterbrown77
Cadet
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- Aug 15, 2005
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This is not exactly the correct forum - but it kinda is ....
I have a 1995 9.9 Mercury 2-stroke on my inflatable. It is too heavy for me to keep taking it off/putting it on when I am towing the dinghy behind my sailboat. I want to leave it on, but in choppy water the engine won't stay in the "up" position. When this happens, my dinghy now has a rudder and a mind of its own, so i have to stop the boat, get in the dinghy while I'm bouncing around 5 miles offshore and try to put it back up.
I see that there is a tilt lock kit for trailering the boat that is supposed to keep it in the "up" position no matter what.
The questions/problems are this: first, it is kind of pricey for what it looks like ($150). Second, how quickly can it be locked in the "up" position? Will I be fiddling for 20 minutes and dropping parts in the water?
Finally (and what I really want to know) - has anyone come up with an alternative that is cheap and effective?
TIA
I have a 1995 9.9 Mercury 2-stroke on my inflatable. It is too heavy for me to keep taking it off/putting it on when I am towing the dinghy behind my sailboat. I want to leave it on, but in choppy water the engine won't stay in the "up" position. When this happens, my dinghy now has a rudder and a mind of its own, so i have to stop the boat, get in the dinghy while I'm bouncing around 5 miles offshore and try to put it back up.
I see that there is a tilt lock kit for trailering the boat that is supposed to keep it in the "up" position no matter what.
The questions/problems are this: first, it is kind of pricey for what it looks like ($150). Second, how quickly can it be locked in the "up" position? Will I be fiddling for 20 minutes and dropping parts in the water?
Finally (and what I really want to know) - has anyone come up with an alternative that is cheap and effective?
TIA