Hi Tinboat, No offence, but I get the impression you may be reading just a bit more into my previous posting on this than intended. Please read it again as I...
I have a 20hp in mine it moves me at hull speed just fine it may be a different case bashing through waves and fighting a current I'm not sure yet but it's...
Hi Aaron: I hope that was a typo in your post as to the weight of the engine and gear at 600lbs. I can't imagine a 30hp. yanmar weighing in at more than...
Thanks Paul I Google'd "project amazon and the unstayed mast," and there's some really interesting stuff. The one thing that always get's me is the emphasis on...
I wish it was a typo but it comes from yanmar's web site. Its a 1980's modle cast iron block I have been keeping an eye out for an Isuzu, nothing in my area so...
Hi Aaron: I guess they made them out of sterner stuff 20 years ago. I found a site with specs. for new ones and a 30hp yanmar was under 300lbs. I originally...
Hey Roland: Where you hiding these days? Haven't seen you in a long while. Thought you might be by one day to see how the buid was going. Are you still out...
I live in western new york on lake ontario. there is no shortage of nonsuch here. and no history of them losing rigs here. but it could happen. out of the...
This is hilarioius... stayed vs unstayed.... grrrr grrrr... mine is better!!!!! they are both excelent systems for a mast. I have heard of a few unstayed masts...
It is especially funny when origami is all about finding another (better?) way to get your boat on the water. A way that may save you money, frustration and...
... Yammar used to make high torque, slow turning engines that lasted a long time. They weigh more. We have a 10hp Sabb. It weighs 470 lbs. But it has the...
Several days ago I was visiting with someone who has become a special friend of my wife's and mine. She lives nearby and we've been helping out with chores...
... Hi Martin LOl I tried to talk Bev into visitng you guys last weekend but we were pretty busy with family stuff. We're still here in Beaumont and will...
Hi everyone Bev and I are making a brief trip to the Courtenay/Comox area this weekend. We are in town to deal with some "boat stuff" but I thought it might be...
Hey Roland: We used an independent trucker that runs to Vancouver all the time. He had a 53ft. flat deck and was comming back from the coast with a load of...
GREAT post. And very true. One thing stands out from all, or at least some 99% of posts re: engines. Reliability = heavy. ALL old, heavy engines meant for...
30 hp is plenty. The last engine I had was a 10 hp with came out of a 36 which had used it for 11 years including a trip to Mexico and back . I switched it for...
I bought two used engines to fit in my 37ft (8 tons) sailboat; an old yanmar YSE 12hp that I got for a cheap price and a newer 24hp yanmar 3 cylinders for...
An old timer told me to ignore hp figures and as a rule of thumb, only look at displacement. Yanmar gives a high hp figure compared to other engines for the...
Scott, I agree , it is hilarious. The guy asked for opinions on rigs and recieved a few. Including mine. Obviously I'm not an adherant to the cat rig It would...
Paul , do you have an Isuzu C240 ? Mine has 4100 hrs on it with no failures. I run mine at 1600 to 1800 rpm but perhaps I should push it a bit harder. A crab...
I have to add that the Isuzu engine in MOM (a 4LE2) is coupled to a ZF25 hydraulic transmission (1.97:1 reduction) and uses a 18" X 13" two bladed prop. Isuzu...
Hi Steve, It sounds like there is quite a variety of different engines in the Brent boats. My engine is an Isuzu 3KR1, also known as the QT35. I was told a...
Wasn't even looking for X-Bow, I was looking for, "controllable pitch propellers," and ran into this. More than a little, "off the subject," and I don't think...
