What size Outboard

[iank]

Have deceided to downsize from my 4.8m plate ally with 75hp 2 banger :'( to a 435 hornet trophy, the question is do I run a 40 or 50hp 4 stroke (yammy) only real heavy extras is the 55lb bowmount and 130amp foward mounted deep cycle battery. Most of the time will only be fishing 2 up.Am interested to find out how people who have these set ups find the preformance of their rigs.
Thanks in advance. Ian
PS will not have under floor fuel tank.

[TheBream]

i have found with most hornets that i have either been on or seen and talked to owners that they do preform better with more and not less power ;)
IMHO i would go the 50hp for sure

[Slates]

G'day iank.
The old man has a 455 (heavy boat with a console, decks etc) hornet with a 50 on it and it does inxs of 50kph.
Personally, I reckon you would be fine with a 40.

Cheers, NS

[stunnedmullet]

Hi Iank
Mate across the road from me has the same setup, 435 hornet trophy with a 50hp 4 stroke honda and he has mentioned that it is okay , although with a load he would like some more horses. Not necessarily a bigger motor but perhaps a 2 stroke with more low end grunt. He does a lot of casting and trolling so that is why he persists with the 4 stroke. Has mentioned repeatedly though that he is not overlly happy with power though. Not sure if this helps or not.
Personally I would think a 50 would be fine.
The mullet

[iank]

Thank to all for your help, I also rang Quintrex and had a talk to them about what I wanted to do and their recomendation was the 50, my main objective was to be able to do 20-22 knots (good conditions) at around 4500 revs with 3 up. I ordered my rig today so now all there is to do is wait for it to arrive 6-7 weeks.
Ian