Qustions on kicker motors

[Blue_Runner]

I have a long shaft 9.9. I've been in situations on the lake where shifting weight to one side of the boat nearly brought the prop out of the water. It seems to me a short shaft would be an issue on anything other than flat calm with limited weight shifting i.e. people walking around etc. Definitely long shaft on the high seas to account for the swells.

With the older Johnnyrudes both the 9.9 and 15hp are the same weight, same powerhead etc. with the main difference being in the carbs. For that reason I'd try to find a 15 but would settle for a good deal on a 9.9.

With my kicker I can putt around at 1 mph all day long, burn little fuel and it is very quiet running. Out of commission right now ..... needs a shaft seal and I haven't gotten around to it - yet.