I like to fish out of my Radisson canoe. I like the electric motor for fishing larger ponds. It takes more than that to cover distance. My girlfriend wanted to go to Upper St. Regis lake and visit all the inter-connected lakes from there, namely Spitfire and Lower St. Regis lake. Last month, we started out with the canoe and the 2.5 hp Tohatsu 2 cycle outboard. I had done a lot of work on it. It died after 5 minutes of use, only to resurrect later for brief periods. I rowed most of the time. It wasn't the best outing. She offered to give an early Christmas present if I found a new motor I liked.
I had been looking into the Lehr motor since getting the Radisson. It runs on propane. No ethanol issues and reliable starting, what's not to like. At the end of August I found them on sale at a place on the internet. A call to the place I got the Radisson revealed a sale as well. It was just about the same, so I went to pick it up on my lunch hour. They prepped it, adjusted the carb and showed me how it worked and how to maintain it. I purchased a carbon fiber tank for long use. It also accepts the 16 oz camping bottles.
This past weekend, I took the Radisson out with it's new engine.
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It performed flawlessly. We went around the lake on Saturday, it was damp and drizzly. On Sunday, it was sunny and warmer. We headed for Upper St. Regis. I launched and advised her that if the motor quit, it was likely the small 16 oz tank was out. I had four spares. It quit about the same place the Tohatsu had last month. This time, a quick cylinder exchange and we were off. We made it all the way to Lower St. Regis where Paul Smith's College sits. I fished a bit here and there, but not much. I ran mostly at the mid level. The literature says a 16 oz cylinder gives about one hour at full power and 2.5 hrs at mid level. As we were just getting back to the landing, it stalled. I got about 1 hour 45 minutes with mixed operation, mostly midlevel, but some flat out. It's no speed demon, but it will do a nice job of getting you there. It's quieter than the Tohatsu and it has a neutral and forward transmission. It's 4 cycle also. The 2.5 is the smallest outboard Lehr makes. I need to get the new tank filled. Then there will be no cylinder changes.
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