{"id":26652,"date":"2026-03-02T18:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=26652"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:00:33","slug":"my-s4-microskiff-overpowered-by-a-9-9-hp-honda-outboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/my-s4-microskiff-overpowered-by-a-9-9-hp-honda-outboard\/","title":{"rendered":"My S4 Microskiff overpowered by a 9.9 HP Honda outboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>By Erik,\u00a0Alabama<\/h5>\n<p>I bought a 9.9 HP Honda outboard for my S4, and I replaced the mounting plate. I still have work to do on it. I will get a new tiller extension that has a U-joint. The boat runs good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26654\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor.jpg\" alt=\"S4 Microskiff with 9.9 HP Honda outboard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26655\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2.jpg\" alt=\"S4 Microskiff with 9.9 HP Honda outboard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/S4-Microskiff-with-9.9-HP-Honda-outboard-motor-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This video shows a test run with the 9.9 HP Honda still not outfitted for reducing the splash from its large-size propeller shaft. If you choose to go with a motor that&#8217;s bigger than the 6 HP that this boat is rated for, you have to be prepared to do some work on the motor to stop the splashing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"S4 Microskiff with 9.9 HP Honda outboard motor\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xYUS1-UoUQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Erik,\u00a0Alabama I bought a 9.9 HP Honda outboard for my S4, and I replaced the mounting plate. I still have work to do on it. I will get a new tiller extension that has a U-joint. The boat runs good. This video shows a test run with the 9.9 HP Honda still not outfitted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/my-s4-microskiff-overpowered-by-a-9-9-hp-honda-outboard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My S4 Microskiff overpowered by a 9.9 HP Honda outboard&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":26653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26652"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26663,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652\/revisions\/26663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}