CD 25 Outboard motor location options

[JimCameron]

I am a long time CD fan, having had a Typhoon in Florida in the 70's and another one in Annapolis in the 80's. I am now in the market for a new boat having been away from sailing for a few years.

High on my list are a couple of CD 25's. I have to say that the outboard motor location does not appeal to me in any way other than proximity to the cockpit. The thought of leaving the lower end of a motor in the Chesapeake Bay waters for months at a time gives me great concern.

What is the standard operating procedure for most of you 25 owners? Do you pull the motor from the lazarette each time you return to port? I think I might still be able to handle yanking a 4-6hp up/over/and out, but what about a 9.9?

Has anyone ever given up on the lazarette and mounted a Typhoon style mount on the stern and hung the outboard on that with the ability to tilt it out of the H2O?

I appreciate any input as this is probably the greatest hurdle in me pulling the trigger on a new (to me) CD25. Thanks, Jim

[tartansailor]

We have an 8 hp Honda long shaft, and at 85 lbs. its just too heavy for me to man-handle every time we go sailing. That motor pushes our boat 5 knots at half throttle.

Since we rarely power, we are looking for a 5 hp 2 stroke.

Dick

[Judith]

Jim,

Disclaimer: I have no actual experience with this. But you might check the archives: I seem to recall a previous thread on the topic of lifting outboards on and off dinghies. Since we've been thinking about making that task a one-person operation, I filed the idea in my Projects folder, along with this picture.

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The sling is commercially available, but someone mentioned fashioning his own. It does look relatively easy: a webbing harness with, say, plastic fittings as shown or even some D-rings ought to do it. Lifting would be via a block on the boom.

Judith

[Roy J.]

There is a ton of discussion in the archives, but the abridged version is that many CD-25 owners have had satisfactory experience with a short shaft nissan/tohatsu/mercury 6 hp 4 stroke. It weighs about 55 lbs, and will fit a cockpit locker. Power seems to be adequate. Some use a flatter pitch prop than the 8" supplied stock with the motor. If your boat had previously had a long shaft you have to modify the motor mount board by removing several inches of height to keep the prop in the water. I believe Practical Sailor did a review this year of small outboards, you could check that out too.

[tartansailor]

Judith's post got me thinking. My boom is too short, but how about a snatch block on the backstay, attached to her sling pictured, and hoist the damn thing with the main halyard?

Roy's post echoes the consensus that I have been able to deduce, and that is the majority of CD 25 sailors here prefer the Nissan 6 hp four stroke mentioned.

Dick

[Kemah]

If you decide to leave the motor in the water, you might want to look into Interlux Trilux 33 anti-fouling paint, recommended for aluminum. I put it on a new motor several months ago, and have had no fouling since August 1st on a harbor mooring in Massachusetts. I strictly followed the Product Date Sheet directions for use on the www.yachtpaint.com website for the Primocon primer and the Trilux 33. Interlux says that this new paint is superior to their Trilux Prop and Drive.

Good luck with your boat-hunting.

Kemah

[Al Levesque]

If you rely on paint, try to get it inside the water passages too since the mussels get in everywhere as seedlings (larvae?) and then grow until they block the passage. You might not see them until you remove screens, etc.

[Steve Bryant]

Hi Jim,

I have a Nissan 6hp 4 stroke, 55 lbs in my CD25. I pull it out and flush it after most uses and then store it on the cabin sole. I have left it in the well for a week or so without any real issues, but it really isn't a lot of trouble at all to take in and out.

The boat came with a 9.9 Johnson, 95 lbs, that was almost impossible for one person to get in and out of the well, and the Interlux Tri-lux 33 (even prepped properly as Kemah mentioned) didn't hold up for me in the critter-rich waters of the Gulf Coast. I gave up an electric start and remote controls when I sold the beast, but I don't miss them since getting the Nissan.

I have been contemplating storing it on a mounting board type bracket on the stern pulpit and locking it just to get it somewhere other than the cabin sole. It gets in the way if you just want to hang out on the boat for the evening. I have the 20" shaft which doesn't quite work for me to keep it in a cockpit locker.

One thing I really never have considered is hanging it on a bracket off that beautiful transom. The lines were the main reason I was so attracted to the boat.

Good luck with your search,