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Outboard Motor advice
We bought a house in the south of France and it came with a center drive boat to run around the local saltwater lagoon. The boat is a 6 passenger fitted with an old 50hp Suzuki outboard motor that is destroyed through lack of use. The local boat mechanic said it is not worth saving. I know nothing about boats and could use some advice on what would be a suitable replacement motor. I am looking at Suzuki DF50A but wondered if the knowledge base had any other suggestions. The boat will not be used in the Med, only the somewhat shallow lagoon.
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11-08-2023, 05:15 PM
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Depending on how you plan to use, etc. as well as the actual hull lines etc I would consider just getting one of the high voltage higher power electric trolling motors (48v 150+ ftlbs thrust) and a few good deep cycle batteries to power it, with solar set up at the dock for charging (if use is occasional) or plugin-power at dock (if daily)
This vid shows a guy tooling about with one on what could be similar sized to your boat and he's getting a nice speed out of it
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