After a beautiful first sail(third outing, but the other times not enough wind to sail), I ran into another DSII owner at the boat ramp of my local lake. Of course we had a nice talk and compared boats and stuff on the ramp, until I noticed we were getting the stink eye from the stink boats. I have a 5 hp Nissan motor, it came with the boat and is way more than enough to move the DSII. I transport my motor in the car, I don't want the weight of the motor hanging off the transom going down the road. The other guy carried his motor, a four hp, on the transom. But he turned it around so that the prop was inside the boat. This would keep some of the weight from hanging off the transom, but would still be on the transom. And if any gas did leak from my motor, it has an attached gas tank, it wouldn't leak into the car. Both methods require removing the motor after use, so that's a wash. But I still don't like the idea of it being on the transom while traveling.
What do you think of this method, and how do you transport your motor.
Fair winds.
BTW, after talking to the guy a while, he also wanted to buy the boat I had from a Gaigs list add, I got to it first. Small world.