Hartley TS16 trailer-sailer Yarra River cruise in Melbourne

Each year the Hartley TS16 Association in Victoria runs a variety of sailing and motoring cruises. This is from a cruise on the Yarra river through the centre of Melbourne on a beautiful Spring day.
The Hartley TS16 was designed by New Zealander Richard Hartley in the early 1960's, and was the original "trailer-sailer" design.

[@JJDOGG]

HI, how big is the motor that you are using? what do you recommend on a TS18?

[@simon4043]

I can't remember what motor I was using for the particular cruise, but I now use a long shaft Mercury 6hp 2 stroke
I used to use a 10hp but it was too big and heavy. A 6hp is lighter and gets a TS16 up to hull speed just as well
Any less than 4hp and you would have trouble motoring into wind or tide

[@bruno03041]

Hi, how fast does it go roughly? Can you go faster than 6 knots motoring it? I'm thinking of buying a small sailboat like that in the video, but don't know much about sailing and I'm just thinking of using a outboard motor as a cruiser it looks so fun. Cheers

[@simon4043]

5-6 knots under power,
Faster, 6-7 knots, under sail. We've had her planing between 8 and 10 knots on a broad reach in an 18-20 knot wind

[@bruno03041]

Thanks mate