I wouldn't put a motor in a well either -
preferring to just clamp it somewhere easy to tilt the thing and preferably out
of the way. Though I guess if one knew in advance that ventilation was going to
be the main problem it would be merely a matter of designing the well for
more air. Simple enough. I lean toward saving the fancy sculptured
well-type effort for something that matters, maybe a cassette
rudder.
Since boats are rigid - and with far
less resistance when moving forward, then does it much matter where the
motor pushes from?
I'm thinking that it's the rare lucky outboard
that gets mounted on the centerline and set up to thrust exactly fore and
aft.
Our Fboat tri has the Yamaha 9.9
deepshaft 4 stroke. It's offset and that motor has an adjustment screw so it can
be set up permanently with the thrust angled a few degrees one way or the
other. It's my guess that outboards are made that
way specifically for offcenter installations.
Roger L.
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> A friend of mine had twin outboards on a cat, both in wells. He had no end of trouble, even had ventilation fans pumping air into the wells, but eventually gave up on the idea and went to a single OUTBOARD motor, centrally and out in the fresh air. He had no further trouble.
> Paul Nudd
> Wangi
> Tri Owner
> Proa Fan
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