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- Tue Feb 15, 2022 6:45 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Enough Winter
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3907
Re: Enough Winter
We’ve had an up and down winter here in Nova Scotia. This week is cold at 5F last night and tonight, forecast for Thursday and Friday is for low 50’s and 1.5 inches of rain over the 2 days. We haven’t had a lot snow but we have had a ton of rain. Working on moving my batteries from the stern to the ...
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:29 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 2002 160 VENTURA with Suzuki DF140BG
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9650
Re: 2002 160 VENTURA with Suzuki DF140BG
If your mechanic is recommending the 115 Mercury over the 140 Suzuki, maybe his recommendation is influenced by him only selling the Mercury and not making profit and future profit if you buy a Suzuki from someone else. If the installed price for both outboards is the same and both dealers are equal...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:07 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Montauk 17 with used E-TEC 115-HP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3234
Re: Montauk 17 with used E-TEC 115-HP
My neighbor has a classic Montauk with a 2006 Honda 90 on it, it weighs about 375-lbs. the boat is low in the stern for sure but it works great in Mahone Bay and in the Atlantic Ocean. Lighter is better but 375-lbs works fine.
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:21 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Rebuilding Gear Case of 48SPL-Part 1
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13267
Re: Rebuilding Gear Case of 48SPL
I’ve used DANGAR demonstrations when working on my Honda, Evinrude, and maybe a Yamaha. His presentatoin are very helpful; he explains things well and in detail.
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Montauk 17 with used E-TEC 115-HP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3234
Re: Montauk 17 115 Etec
Have an E-TEC dealer [connect to the engine EMM to see the engine history]. I am assuming the engine not on a boat available for a test run.
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:05 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Rebuilding Gear Case of 48SPL-Part 1
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13267
Re: Rebuilding Gear Case of 48SPL
I haven’t done this on a lower unit and don’t exactly understand the details but I have pulled lots of things like steering wheels and other items with a similar mechanical setup. When they stick like this, I have the puller tightened as much as I think it can stand for pressure and they hammer on t...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Heating Skeg with a Torch to Bend
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5677
Re: Heating Skeg with a Torch to Bend
For bending thin metals like an aluminum skeg, I have a very large--at least 16-inches-long--adjustable wrench. Adjusted tight against a skeg, you have excellent control and good leverage. I move it along the length of the skeg at an inch at a time, bending as I go. Doing this slowly and passing ove...
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:58 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: New Experimental Graphene Anti Foul
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2591
New Experimental Graphene Anti Foul
A Canadian company has applied its new coating to local lobster boats, resulting in a 20% reduction in fuel consumption and a reduction in underwater noise from less growth on hulls (and I assume a smoother surface). The coating is also being used on underwater netting in fish farms. They are now mo...
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:07 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Brunswick CEO Comments on CNBC re Boston Whaler
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3303
Re: Brunswick CEO Comments on CNBC re Boston Whaler
Same goes for expensive pickup trucks, lots of people rolling over via trades. Stock market and housing prices can be included but it’s 13 years since 2008. A rising tide floats all boats, this has been a long tide. Was recently near the place in Nova Scotia that had a 56 ft rise to fall tide, that’...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:44 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5375
Re: 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
Thanks Jim for the reply. As an aside, the dealer could not get a new starter from the supply chain due to them being on back order. He did have a container full of parts outboards and I managed to find a starter and solenoid there from an E-TEC 200-HP engine. I removed the starter myself on Saturda...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:00 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Mercury Engine Alarm Interpretation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2658
Re: Overheat Alarm - Where to begin now?
I’d wonder if that flushing and treatment with barnicle buster you did with the thermostats removed loosened up some particles that came loose. While you said it was flushed and vacuumed at the time, more particles may have now come loose. Check your telltale and see if any small bits stuck in it, a...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5375
Re: 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
Figured out the cause of the problem with the Port engine: the starter motor was bad, after all.
Don
Don
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:15 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5375
2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP Starter Motor
Our volunteer fire department has a 1994 Guardian 25 with twin 2009 Evinrude E-TEC 130-HP outboard engines. The Port engine had the starter motor dragging. The starter motor was removed and had checked by a good starter motor repair shop. After reinstalling the starter motor, all we get is a click. ...
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Preventing Marine Grown on Outboard Engine Bracket
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5201
Re: Preventing Marine Grown on Outboard Engine Bracket
I thought I’d try the diaper rash high test zinc ointment on my outboard engine mounts that are submerged in the ocean. It prevented growth wherever it was applied and didn’t get removed by water blasting when in motion. I keep my boat on a mooring in the salt water of Mahone Bay and there are small...
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:27 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Radio gets FM but not AM
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11252
Re: Radio gets FM but not AM
I worked in Newfoundland in the early 1980’s at a bank. I had a fellow who wanted to finance small cable-satellite cable-TV for small remote communities. He had worked for years doing maintenance on Candian Coast Guard radio towers in Newfoundland and Labrador. He had set up his own transmitter wher...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Radio gets FM but not AM
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11252
Re: Radio gets FM but not AM
Thanks Jim, very interesting. There were 13 Radio Canada International towers built in Sackville, NB, in the 1930’s, they carried Radio Free Europe during WWII, as well as broadcasting RCI programming. The towers were about 400 ft each and local people reported getting radio broadcasts from their si...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:09 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Radio gets FM but not AM
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11252
Re: Radio gets FM but not AM
I grew up on Prince Edward Island and we could get the NYC stations on AM when the sky was overcast. Once heard the Grand Old Oprey from Wheeling West Virginia, not sure if it was replayed by a station closer to us. This was in the middle of the night when not much happening in the mid 60’s on the a...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:37 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: ROTAX Engines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6813
Re: ROTAX Engines
It seems the pricing on the Switch is reasonable considering it’s size and performance, which makes it appear the engine cost of the Rotax in it is reasonable. It will be interesting to see what BRP will do with the Rotax in future, possibly using one with a propeller instead of jet drive? I assume ...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:45 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Radio gets FM but not AM
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11252
Re: Radio gets FM but not AM
Where I live there are no more AM stations to receive. Are there AM stations in range of where this boat is being used? Automobiles have additional grounding of the body to the frame along with condensers to shield the radio signal from ignition static, radio still works without the added grounding ...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:06 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Scarcity of New Outboard Engines
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10945
Re: Scarcity of New Outboard Engines
I think the parts problems will only get worse due to 1. Frequent changes to parts on new outboards will mean no carry over of the same part from year to year and model to model 2. Low volume of each model sold before a new model comes out 3. Larger dealerships- they only stock items that turn over ...
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:23 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Buying Boat Powered Above Rating For Use By Kids
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4965
Re: Buying Boat Powered Above Rating For Use By Kids
Very good advice Jim. I learned to drive at 8, but back then you had to figure out how to start things and they all had manual transmissions so you had a natural education to slow you down. Today with fuel injection and automatics, an 8 year old can drive anything. Underpowered is a good way to safe...
- Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:51 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 15 Whaler Super Sport Project - Baystar Steering
- Replies: 127
- Views: 145349
Re: 15 Whaler Super Sport Project - Baystar Steering
Mr. MacKey, a very professional install, very very nice work.
- Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:37 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Evinrude Rumors
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13606
Re: Evinrude Rumors
Jim, in the past I was involved in financing automobile and heavy truck dealers, and lots of other dealers/sellers of other products, in my experience the dealer made a small margin, maybe 10%. The manufacturers made the real profit margins. In addition, there was always an up front standard margin,...
- Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:19 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Time for Confidence Stream to Appear
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5245
Re: Newbie outboard question
Priming not required, you just need the water intake screens submerged or tightly covered by the muffs. Submerged is best. On startup it can take a minute or so [for the cooling system to fill and for water to appear at the confidence outlet] if the boat has been out of the water for a while. After ...
- Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:44 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Seafoam Testimonials
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3482
Seafoam Testimonials
I use Sea Foam fuel additive in the fuel once or twice a year, it helps clean out varnish in the engine and carbs. I have used Sea Foam in all my carbureted engines for 20 years, along with ethanol free fuel. It is a good fuel stabilizer and also removes varnish type deposits from carburetors and va...
- Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:23 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Brunswick to Acquire NAVICO for $1-billion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5168
Re: Brunswick to Acquire NAVICO for $1-billion
Come a long way since the Brunswick name meant bowling. More monopoly in boating.
Monopoly means fewer dealers for whatever products the monopoly controls and probably potentially less innovation in future as the competition gets bought up. Similar to Google, Facebook, Amazon, you name it.
Monopoly means fewer dealers for whatever products the monopoly controls and probably potentially less innovation in future as the competition gets bought up. Similar to Google, Facebook, Amazon, you name it.
- Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Fuel Hose and Primer Bulb
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5383
Re: Fuel Hose and Primer Bulb
https://continuouswave.com/forum/viewto ... f=6&t=3782
The above is a discussion on CW from 2018 regarding gray hose, I have the Trident gray hose, uscg and epa rated.
The above is a discussion on CW from 2018 regarding gray hose, I have the Trident gray hose, uscg and epa rated.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:20 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Primer Bulb Won't Become Firm
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5157
Re: Primer Bulb Won't Become Firm
When you say filter, do you mean a fuel-water separator filter?
If yes, did you replace the filter?
Best to fill the filter close to full before installing it.
To drw fuel draw fuel from the tank and fill the filter using the primer bulb can take a while.
If yes, did you replace the filter?
Best to fill the filter close to full before installing it.
To drw fuel draw fuel from the tank and fill the filter using the primer bulb can take a while.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:15 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Starting 1976 Evinrude 40 After Storage
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6579
Re: 1976 Evinrude 40 Need to get up and running
I’d first check everything to do with the fuel tanks and lines, check for dirt in the tank and any filters that are visible. How old is the rubber fuel line and bulb? When you pump the bulb, does it get hard? How fouled were the old plugs? You should have used a fuel stabilizer for winter storage an...
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:46 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Fuel Hose and Primer Bulb
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5383
Re: Fuel Hose and Primer Bulb
For the benefit of others reading this posting, not all gray hose is questionable quality, there is some that is very good quality and has the liner imbedded in the outer skin so that it cannot delaminate. Look for posts on here about this gray line and you’ll find pictures of the good hose and bad ...
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:38 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Outrage 18 Top Speed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11507
Re: Outrage 18 Top Speed
Automobiles with digital speedometers also have a slippage in instantaneous accuracy in order to make [the speed] readable. Similar to GPS measurements, they average a few seconds of speed data to show you a readable number, one that is not changing a few times each second. The original digital dash...
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:24 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Outrage 18 Top Speed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11507
Re: Outrage 18 Top Speed
With the lightest 150-HP engine, lightest fuel load, no hull bottom paint, best top end speed propeller, all extra gear removed including anchors, maybe no rails, no antennas, and no windshield, 135-lbs operator, all conditions perfect, then perhaps [an OUTRAGE 18] could exceed 50-MPH. With my HONDA...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:40 am
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Entry to Canada by Boat in 2021
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8121
Re: Entry to Canada by Boat in 2021
From what I see on news media, I think the border in both directions may open in August or September. Not sure if boating will open at the same time. It also seems that proof of two doses of vaccine of some sort will be needed to do any international travel, without the need to quarantine on entry t...
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:58 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: OUTRAGE 25 Transom Strength: HP-rating; Engine Weight
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6271
Re: OUTRAGE 25 Transom Strength: HP-rating; Engine Weight
If I recall correctly, the Guardian 25 was rated at 300-HP. These two Verado engines could weigh 500-lbs more than two c.1986 150-HP engines. That water line shows the weight difference.
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:35 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
Re: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
I’m no electrical expert at all but how do large capacitors enter into the picture? They supply capacitors in a large rack, a bit bigger that a refrigerator. Each capacitor was about 5 inches by 5 inches by say 20-25 inches. I’m guessing the tolerance for positioning a rig over a hole is fairly smal...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:37 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
Re: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
No government money involved, I believe transocean funded the cost of the drill rig and the energy savings come from a reduction in diesel consumption. I believe they reduced the number of diesels engines by 50-70%. It takes a lot of power to tighten the anchor chains of these drills operating in wa...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:56 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Lake Michigan Water Levels 2021; Marina Repairs
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3768
Re: Lake Michigan Water Levels 2021; Marina Repairs
Mooring or docking with no six to eight-foot tide rise and fall every 11 hours really changes things. All our wharves use floats for vessel tie-up up to lengths of 50 to 75-feet. All our docks and floats are wooden, pressure treated lumber. With global warming, I suppose the future may see the lakes...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:19 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
Re: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
The company here in Prince Edward Island that builds the hybrids designed a system for a new offshore drill rig. It reduced diesel consumption by 14%, it launched in 2019 and the rig is owned by Transocean. It recaptures the energy from the anchoring chain system used to maintain positioning while d...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:46 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
Re: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
Not sure if I’m completely off topic with this but Canadian Coast Guard have committed to a diesel electric hybrid survey vessel. I believe with vessels, they use electric motors to do all the work and use diesel to produce electricity. They also use large banks of capacitors to generate large spike...
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:22 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
Re: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
My speculation on BRP and electric was based on earlier articles posted here where it seemed BRP were working on something secret in the way of a marine propulsion system for power boats. Since BRP have given up on [two-stroke-power-cycle low emission EPA-compliant outboard engines] and [four-stroke...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Practical Use Aspect of Underwater Hull or Transom Lamps
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2897
Re: Practical Use Aspect of Underwater Hull or Transom Lamps
My neighbor fishes squid off his dock at night with lights.
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:47 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4826
BRP Announces $300-million Investment in Electric Power
BRP announced they are investing $300 million into development of electric power for their Ski Doo and motorcycle businesses. It is a modular power development so it seems like the battery power will be usable in their various product lines. Maybe this is the direction [BRP] will take Evinrude if th...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:38 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Repower 1979 Outrage V-20
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6370
Re: Repower 1979 Outrage V-20
Look at local boat dealers who are known to provide good service as a [method for making a] choice on [which engine] brand [to purchase]. Then pick a [engine horsepower rating] and a lighter weight in those brands. I’m not knowledgeable on this hull but it sounds like you don’t need to max-out the h...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:40 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Electric Propulsion Motors
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4731
Re: Electric Propulsion Motors
Jim, the unknown chemistry for a new battery is part of my optimism. I have hope. There is another business launching some kind of device this month working to capture the power of the waves in the Bay of Fundy to produce electricity. We’ve seen several different inventors attempt this, the tides al...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:07 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Electric Propulsion Motors
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4731
Re: Electric Propulsion Motors
R&D on new battery technology is proceeding now at a higher pace than ever before and I am an optimist that a new technology advance can happen any time. I visited a business in Prince Edward Island that is partly owned by Mann Diesel, a part of VW. They make a living on hybrid electric/diesel i...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:28 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Micro Booster or Second Starting Batteries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5874
Re: Micro Booster or Second Starting Batteries
I have one of these, the small size and small weight makes them very convenient to store and carry around and they are very easy to use. In the storage case, they are about the size amd weight of a 2 inch thick paperback book.
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:21 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Electric Propulsion Motors
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4731
Re: Electric Propulsion Motors
These electric outboards may be an option on waters where gasoline outboards are prohibited [like] small lakes. The speed and range would be acceptable in that application. I believe innovation in battery technology is occurring at a faster than ever pace, and in five to ten years batteries will wei...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:00 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Propellers for High Altitude
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3921
Propellers for High Altitude
If a boat engine is losing power at high altitude, should a different propeller for high altitude than used at sea level be considered?
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:28 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Boston Whaler Commercial Products
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3163
Re: Boston Whaler Commercial Products
In Canada the Coast Guard, RCMP, and Navy outboard-size oats here shifted to Rigid-hull Inflatable boat or RIBs in the last 20 years. Previously they were using Boston Whaler boat. I do not recall seeing any government or commercial Boston Whaler boats around here newer than our 1994 Outrage 25. ASI...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 2005 Mercury 60 EFI lugging
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6755
Re: 2005 Mercury 60 EFI lugging
The correct factory service manual will also list available recommended spark plugs. Normally if they are recommended in the manual, they also come pre-gapped to the correct spec. You still should check the gap when buying new plugs. In my experience, some motors only run well on original spec plugs...