andyO

Thanks mate and yes I will dig one out

Welcome, i really have dogfish envy 😊

hi and welcome to the club , i see santy fish is looking after you. he is grate fun.

Yes mate out all the time 
going down the boat tonight Fishing Sat & Sun probably staying out till late Saturday night wind looks ok 
I have just serviced the boat so we will see how she runs 👍

Hi all, I joined a week or so ago buy didn't have a chance to say hi 🤚
Just putting the boat on its mooring tomorrow in Southampton so hopefully see a few of you on the water and looking forward to alot of fishing,
Hope your all well and awaiting some wamer weather 

Hi AndyO
welcome mate I have only been on here a Short while. 
great bunch of lads. 
we are just moored in Gosport just around the corner hope to see you out on the water 👍

Hi all, I joined a week or so ago buy didn't have a chance to say hi 🤚
Just putting the boat on its mooring tomorrow in Southampton so hopefully see a few of you on the water and looking forward to alot of fishing,
Hope your all well and awaiting some wamer weather 

It seems quite strong for a 3.5 so gonna put it on the old girl tomorrow and see how she goes

It seems quite strong for a 3.5 so gonna put it on the old girl tomorrow and see how she goes

You probably could now yeah with the modern engines, but the old 2 smokes, most the small ones were fwd ony and swiveled on the bracket, 5hp's tended to have fwd and rev

Just brought it home, little gem it is

Just brought it home, little gem it is

Just brought it home, little gem it is

Off to have a look and take it home if all is well this afternoon, may just tey it out and see what it's like and if no good just move it on and get a bigger hp,
Thanks for the advice everyone 

Always best to try these things while the main motor still works
 

Off to have a look and take it home if all is well this afternoon, may just tey it out and see what it's like and if no good just move it on and get a bigger hp,
Thanks for the advice everyone 

Off to have a look and take it home if all is well this afternoon, may just tey it out and see what it's like and if no good just move it on and get a bigger hp,
Thanks for the advice everyone 

Good price that....
Should be 300+ 
 
ideal as a stand-in until you can get bigger 🙂 

I really don't know where people get their prices from, but having said that, I see new ones have gone up by around 50% this year, last year when I was looking, new ones around that size were around the £500 mark, and people asking same for used.....
Andy, if you can afford to sit on it for a while and not need to sell to put in to a new one (5hp up) do it at tha sorta money....
As for used ob's, I've found 6hp are/were better priced than 4's and 5's so I ended up with a 6hp. 4's are premium in this area because you get hammered on the river licence if bigger than a 4 and may as well have 140.....

Yep exactly. 

Personally I would go for the 5hp. I use a 3.5 Mercury on my tender which is light and with me and my son it works pretty well. But I still find I want the 5hp. Ok, so you are using yours as a back up to get you to land ASAP incase the main engine fails, and not as a full time engine. At slack water or with the tide the 3.5 will do. But against the tide you would probably struggle or it would be a real slow journey. 
At £160 though I’d be tempted to buy the 3.5 and try it out. If it’s no good sell it on and buy a 5hp. 
you won’t loose any money. 

If my wife ever becomes a computer geek and finds my spreadsheet I think I'm done for😂😂🪓

And I thought it was just me finding all these boating 'freebies' on gumtree 😁