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Just go over man! April and October! You could always buzz over to the other side of the peninsula if its a bit sloppy from a westerly. April= Big reds, whiting, squid October= More big reds, whiting and squid!

Hi all,Looking for some info on small auxiliaries.I have an 18 foot stern drive boat that I want a spare O/B for.I bought a good second hand 6HP Merc a few months back that runs perfect, but turned out not quite what I'm looking for. I don't want the aux mounted permanently. I want to set up easy mount points in the transom. Then I want the Aux and mount bracket stowed in the cab out of the way. If shit turns to shit, drop the mount bracket on the transom bolts/clips/or what ever I set up, drop the engine on the bracket, kick it in the guts and lets go.The problem with this is the aux weight. It really needs to be quite light. The 6hp Merc is around 35kg. Easy and light weight to lift out the car and plonk on a tinnie or have permanent mounted as an aux, but still a bit too heavy to be swinging over the back of the boat at sea.It doesn't have to be big HP. It just needs to be realiable if I need it. I'm looking at possibly the Parson or Tohatsu range "new" in the 3 to 4hp range. 3 to 4hp may only be small, but will still work better than trying to row if your a few clicks off shore. (Anybody ever really tried to row the average size trailer boat if your by yourself? I'm telling you right now, it's impossible no matter how you try it. Most will never try. They only carry oars becasue the law says you have to. I've found oars work better for smacking big fish with).The Parson/Tohatsu donks in the 3 to 4hp range are probably more what I'm looking for with weight around 16 to 20kg range, but I know nothing about them. Are they any good?I don't want to have a chinese donk up in the cabin to find its a failure right when I need it the most,(should I ever need it) but these engines are the better ones for weight comparison.Any help and info would be greatly appreciated from those that know or own them.Thanks all.