Tinny Fleet
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While on a trip outside of the country, I had a good chance to look over a bunch of two stroke motors that were attached to inflatable dinghies (tenders) for larger boats. They had motors ranging in size from 6 to 18 HP, and all were newish. Brands were Tohatsu, Yamaha and Mercury, plus some other name I never heard of but looked a lot like the Tohatsu. All were tiny compared to todays lumbering 4 stroke engines sold in the US. For example, the 18 hp Tohatsu, was about the same size of a 6 HP 4 stroke here, maybe even a little smaller. I would guess its weight at 60-70 lbs. Motors like this would be absolutely phenomenal on a little tinny, given their weight to horsepower ratio. So my question is: why cant we get these here in the US? Have they been outlawed?
Thanks!
Thanks!