LEHR Outboards - Are they any good?

This is probably too late to help you but I've not heard good things about the LEHR outboards. I heard they're difficult to start or break down easily. On our last boat we opted for a 9.9 Tohatsu gas outboard and it was great. Had we purchased a RIB instead of one with an inflatable keel the outboard would have worked great for us. As it was, with 3 adults on the dinghy we were not able to get on plane.
 
SmilingMonkey said:
Not too late at all. I still haven't bought the outboard yet
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Great! We just got our Sea Ray last month so I'm new to the group. Great experience so far!

In case you were considering the Torqueedo - don't. Way too underpowered to do much of anything unless you have a really lightweight dinghy and you don't need to go very far. The batteries take several hours to recharge and are expensive so keeping an extra onboard isn't really a viable option. We tried one out and it was awful. And embarrassing when we had to row back to the marina. :(
 
The weather is mild enough in Seattle that we're able to boat almost year-round. When does the season start for you? I've only been to Rhode Island a couple of times - it's really beautiful!
 
Most boats start going in around May 1st, but it's usually not consistently warm enough to enjoy a day on the water until Memorial Day. Our season is WAY too short
 
I had a LERH 9.9 on my previous dingy. It ran very well, was extremely quiet, and didn't omit any fumes. I opted for the key start and loved it. I didn't have to pull the chord once. I would buy one again. The only downside is that you can't fill your propane tank at the fuel dock.
 
I'm not a fan of LP powered engines based on what little I know. A typical gallon of 87octane gas you by at the gas station contains +-125,000 BTU's of energy. Lp gas contains +-91,200 BTU's of energy. That means for a gallon of LP gas you only get 73% of the BTU's of energy that you get with a gallon of gas from the service station.

if you look at the cost of LP per gallon you will find if I am correct in most all places I've ever seen LP sold that the cost is considerably higher per gallon. They sell it by pound so it's harder for the typical consumer to compute the numbers and there less likely to know the difference. To me it's comparing apples to oranges. There are some other differences and issues with both but that's a quick blip on the subject.

Im sure you can go find out a lot more pros & cons but for me the cons have the lead in this case.
 
Gimme Time said:
I'm not a fan of LP powered engines based on what little I know. A typical gallon of 87octane gas you by at the gas station contains +-125,000 BTU's of energy. Lp gas contains +-91,200 BTU's of energy. That means for a gallon of LP gas you only get 73% of the BTU's of energy that you get with a gallon of gas from the service station.

if you look at the cost of LP per gallon you will find if I am correct in most all places I've ever seen LP sold that the cost is considerably higher per gallon. They sell it by pound so it's harder for the typical consumer to compute the numbers and there less likely to know the difference. To me it's comparing apples to oranges. There are some other differences and issues with both but that's a quick blip on the subject.

Im sure you can go find out a lot more pros & cons but for me the cons have the lead in this case.
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I absolutely agree that from a cost factor, the LP engines aren't worth it. But the fact that you don't have to worry about spilling gas when you store the motor on board the big boat is a plus.
 
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