 Limited tuning of outboard motor in outbord well |  My RL24 is not easy to manoevre in tight spots because the outboard cannot be swivelled much to do a sharp turn as in a narrow creek or near a boat ramp with limited room. The outboard is a Yamaha 8HP 2 stroke.
Has anyone got an answer for this one?
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| Re: Limited tuning of outboard motor in outbord well | Leave about 600mm of rudder in the water and use the thrust from the outboard to turn the yacht.
The technique is to move in reverse with the rudder steering, then put the outboard in forward with a burst of throttle with the rudder in the direction you want to turn then select reverse and stop the hull or move back (steering with the rudder in reverse (the oposite direction of rudder when you are moving back)) then go forwards again with a burst of power and the rudder turned.
Keep doing it and you will get better at it and turn on the spot.
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| Re: Limited tuning of outboard motor in outbord well | The hinge that the motor mounts on is "double hinged" it can lift then rotate-I am just back from a trip and will be taking the motor off and get some photos of how it is set up. That particular motor is pretty weak in reverse-wouldn't pull the skin off a custard as they say. I think if the prop was a high thrust variety it would be better all round.
Will post the hinge photos soon.
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| Re: Limited tuning of outboard motor in outbord well | The engine mount on later RL24s is forward about 50mm compared with earlier models.
Even with the forward mount I could only find the 5hp Mariner and 5hp Honda that fitted under the tiller and tilted inside the stern.
On an earlier model RL24, the mount probably needs to be cut out, moved forward and hinged like mounts used on Nolex 25s.
The larger outboards like the yamaha were never considered by me due to the difficulties mounting them and no need for more than 5hp on the RL24.
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