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Go for at least a 13' and 14' is better.  Weight difference between the 2 is
about 12# and the carrying capacity is about 125-150# more.  Some alum boats
require a long shaft and others need the short shaft.  If the transom dips
down from the sides, requires a short shaft, if is straight across the top
most likely requires a longshaft.  Putting a longshft on a shortshaft boat,
will lead to a broken transom and the bow either rising all the time or
plowing (forget which, I think it is bow rise).
Bill

"Lloyd Sumpter" <lsumpter@dccnet.com> wrote in message
news:v8ef7nhq34mg06@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi,
>    (WARNING: Boating-related post!)
>
>    Thinking of getting a Cheap & Nasty "tinny" (12ft rivited-aluminum
> cartopper) instead of building the garvey (no indication of when there
> will be room to build ANYTHING in the new workshop!).
>
>    I want to power it with a 9.9hp 4-stroke. Sound like a good match? (It
> has to be 4-stroke - my Lady refuses to ride in a boat spewing 2-stroke
> smoke). Should it be long-shaft or short-shaft? If it "should" be short,
> how bad would a long-shaft be? Lots of used 9.9hp Honda long-shafts in
> the Buy'n'Sell.
>
> Lloyd Sumpter
> "Valkyrie" Campion 18 - too big!