Does anyone ever put a small engine on a 16' catamaran?

Question

Where I live, people like to go into some narrow coves to swim and stuff..at the lake. There is no way to do any beating in an area like that and I think all of the land lovers would feel sorry for us if we started paddeling. anyone ever seen someone put an engine on a cat?

Answer 1

s***w the landlubbers!   I had to paddle my 16' hobbie cat one time.   It went faster than a canoe with very little effort.

Answer 2

Have seen it done on a Prindle  & a Hobie

.Both were under sail at the time & not sure of size, but they had gas outboards mounted to the rear crossbrace.

Think  the engines were  black &  could have been very small Mercury's .

No idea if they were factory kits or whatever mods might have been made.

Theres 2.

Best regards

Answer 3

Where to put one is one question, and another is the likelihood of Hobies capsizing. You can use a small electric motor on the trampoline but even storing the battery is a problem. Basically it is not a good idea,if you could figure out how to mount them,  good sweeps would work easily.

Answer 4

Hey ever been on the lake and the wind just went away? it,s a helpless feeling, 2.5 to 5.hp should do just fine and still not be in the way. A trolling motor and Battery wouldn't weigh much less.

Enjoy the day,s

Answer 5

I got caught out in the gulf last summer when the wind died and had to wait for the tide to change to proceed through the pass. I needed a motor then and I have one now. found a few web sites that have had a rear mount but I made one for the front. Mounts on the pontoon and flips up not to cause a drag. A 2.5 mercury that can be set at a certain speed without holding the throttle and can be tightened down to push the boat forward. I then can steer with the rudders.