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Posted by member Dee on Friday 27 April 2012
To add to the above, clearly you don't intend to do planing speeds with a 45 Honda. Fit a RudderSafe bracket to the trim tabs of the main engine. This is a spring-loaded double bracket that bolts either side of the prop and swings up out of the way at speeds over 6 knots and drops back down at around 4 knots in order to provide better steerage at low speeds. I had one on a River Pilot 20 with a 40 Mercury and it transformed the steering. It should work well with the auxiliary deployed.
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Posted by member The Gribbin Tribe on Thursday 12 April 2012
Hi Charles.
Yes you will struggle with this if you intend to physically steer from the auxillary. In the event of main engine failure drop the aux down to the bottom of its bracket setting. Normal practice is then to lock the auxillary off straight as your power source and then use the main O/B as your rudder via the normal helm steering. Its crude & slow to react but it works and will get you home. Practice is useful in this department.
The Gribbins.
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Posted by member Charles Clarke on Saturday 7 April 2012
Will a 45hp Honda outboard engine on Hardy Pilot 20 which has steering linkage, steer the boat whilst using an auxilliary 4hp Marina long shaft engine . I am having a problem getting the steering handle of the auxialliary high enough to steer from the stern keeping the prop in the water.
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Posted by member Dominic And Nicola Gribbin on Wednesday 11 April 2007
Hi Andy.
Numerous related threads on this web site that may help you answer your queries.
The Hardy Pilot makes an ideal starter boat and weaknesses are very few. Just need to decide what you want to do with her. River/estuary/sea? That will determine engine size and future fittings i.e. costs.
Furthermore are you going to trailer her to the water or permanently berth her?...costs?
Also, if you are thinking of regularly having more than 4 adults aboard, a Pilot is too small for comfort. Less crew than that and they are perfect for pretty much any boating scenario.
Extremely rugged, seaworthy and well built boats with pleasant lines that hold their value well. As boating goes they are VERY cheap to run. You may find yourself falling inexorably in love with one of them...we did!!!!
E-mail me for any more specifics.
Ultimately, this website is testimony to the boat. We cruised ours around GB, enough said!
Good luck!
Dominic.
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Posted by member Andy Wells on Monday 9 April 2007
I'm a complete novice and have seen a boat for sale that looks just like a Hardy Pilot (Daisy V, moored in Essex) and was wondering what members opinions of these craft were as starter boats?
Also, are they expensive to run / maintain? Any weaknesses?
All advice gratefully received, thanks, Andy.
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