The Obama administration declared in 2009 that the LORAN system was obsolete, and then spent more money blowing up the towers and facilities than it would have cost to continue to operate the system.gonzo wrote:There is a LORAN receiver, but unsure of working condition.
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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: MARKETPLACE
- Topic: FS: 1986 Outrage 18 $17,500 in Texas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1866
Re: FS: 1986 Outrage 18 $17,500 in Texas
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1984 Outrage V-20 Wiring Paths
- Replies: 3
- Views: 210
Re: 1984 Outrage V-20 Wiring Paths
Q4: [what are your] thoughts on running [the wiring for the under-gunwale LED lamps for the Port side] through rub rail? Bad idea. The wiring in the rub rail is difficult to access or service. I do not see any benefit by using that awkward path. Q5: can two more wires fit in rub rail? Perhaps, but ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:49 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 234
Re: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
As mentioned earlier in this thread, the best indicator of fuel efficiency for an internal combustion engine is the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC). The best operating point for lowest BSFC is highly dependent on the engine design, the engine speed, and the load on the engine. There is no sim...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1977 MONTAUK Transom Strength
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5725
Re: 1977 MONTAUK Transom Strength
Note that this thread was discussing the strength of the transom on an older MONTAUK boat. There has been a new topic introduced regarding the fuel efficiency of two SUZUKI engines. That topic has been moved to its own thread in the PERFORMANCE forum. Please see Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 234
Re: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
115hp burned 3.6gph at 3500rpm 24.1mph 6.69mpg, range 133.. Top speed 47.8 90hp burned 2.1gph at 3500rpm 17.6mph 8.38mpg, range 166.. Top speed 41.9. That you have now provided some data to compare the 90-HP and 115-HP engine allows for an actual comparison to be made between these two Suzuki engin...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1984 Outrage V-20 Wiring Paths
- Replies: 3
- Views: 210
Re: 1984 Outrage V-20 Wiring Paths
Q3: is the ONLY option to run electrical wiring to the engine splash well, then running wire to the port side? In the REFERENCE section article on the OUTRAGE V-20 , there is a good illustration that shows the rigging tunnel path, which I show below in Figure 1. https://continuouswave.com/whaler/re...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 234
Re: Fuel Efficiency of Two Suzuki Engines
[Recommends a] Suzuki DF90A [on the basis that it will…produce] great [fuel economy]. When characterizing an improvement in fuel economy for a particular engine, it is necessary to indicate what other engine is to be used as the comparison. Also, to describe an improvement in more actual terms, som...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2712
Re: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
A corollary question: Q1: are you getting NMEA-2000 engine data on the ICON Pro RPM gauge, like engine speed and engine temperature? ASIDE: I think at this point (and from your lengthy narratives) you must have already connected EV-Diagnostics to the E-TEC engine EMM and performed a calibration proc...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:05 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1976 OUTRAGE 19 Re-power
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1257
Re: 1976 OUTRAGE 19 Re-power
The [140] engine is also shy of the claimed 140-HP. Top [boat speed] will be less than 40-MPH. A good 140-HP engine should push that boat to 44-MPH. Assuming the reported speeds are correct, we can then estimate the power of the Suzuki DF140 as something less than 140-HP based on its ability to onl...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Towing Capacity Necessary for 2021 190 Montauk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1245
Re: Towing Capacity Necessary for 2021 190 Montauk
Regarding renting a truck and then using it for towing a boat, my experience agrees with JEFECINCO's comments: most truck rental policies forbid using the rented truck to tow anything. ASIDE: when I bought a larger boat and did not have a tow vehicle that could tow it, I resorted to an age-old metho...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:36 am
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2712
Re: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
I installed the 47-Ohm resistor. I am glad you finally overcame your RESISTANCE to installing the RESISTOR. At this point, with the addition of the 47-Ohm resistor, the systems should be working. If I encountered this problem, my next step would be: --do a total reset on the ICON Pro RPM gauge, and...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Towing Capacity Necessary for 2021 190 Montauk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1245
Re: Towing Capacity Necessary for 2021 190 Montauk
Ratings for towing capacity are stated for an empty vehicle with only the driver in the vehicle. Any additional weight in the tow vehicle such as other people or gear must be subtracted from the rated capacity. The wheelbase length of the towing vehicle also influences the towing ride or feel, with ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 2003 275 Conquest With Twin 300
- Replies: 2
- Views: 604
Re: 2003 275 Conquest With Twin 300
There is likely a strong correlation between the maximum power rating at 450-HP and the largest four-stroke-power-cycle engine sold by Mercury Marine being rated 225-HP in 2003.Barbender wrote:I think the 2003 275 CONQUEST maximum power is specified as 450-HP.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Alaskan Squall - The End
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1082
Re: Alaskan Squall - the end
That the SQUALL never made it back into the water is a sad twist to the long and interesting story.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: 2018 270 DAUNTLESS Pump Runs Continually
- Replies: 2
- Views: 645
Re: 2018 270 DAUNTLESS Pump Runs Continually
The typical wiring scheme on a modern Boston Whaler boat, like a 2018 270 DAUNTLESS, will have an isolated feed from the main battery that remains on even when the main battery switch is set to the OFF position. This circuit is typically protected by a fuse or a circuit breaker, and provides power t...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2233
Re: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
Adding up the mentioned weights totals 1250 + 380 + 50 + 180 + 180 = 2040-lbs which is extraordinarily light. Adjusting the observed boat speed of 40-MPH speed over ground with favorable current of perhaps 4-MPH gives a speed through the water of 36-MPH. Using the Crouch speed prediction method, for...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Conquest 26 Just Purchased in 2024
- Replies: 1
- Views: 612
Re: Conquest 26 Just Purchased in 2024
Hello Jay. Welcome warmly to the forum and to all the other resources on the continuousWave website, which has been available since 1994, or for about 30-years. The website concentrates on collecting, organizing, and preserving useful information on its two principal subjects: classic era Boston Wha...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Montauk 17: Handling Rain Water Accumulation in Cockpit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1734
Re: Montauk 17: Handling Rain Water Accumulation in Cockpit
Whether the water accumulation in a cockpit sump with the sump drain left open to the sea will overflow the sump depends on the distribution of weight in the hull, and the particular hull. The speed that a pump can discharge a battery can vary with the control system. The traditional control system ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:53 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1976 OUTRAGE 19 Re-power
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1257
Re: 1976 OUTRAGE 19 Re-power
The dealer stated “the 150 swings a considerably larger propeller, has considerably more torque, and would increase the boat speed at full throttle by 8-MPH [compared to the 140-HP engine] Any increase in power is offset by the increase in weight. Boat speed increase only with the power-to-weight r...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2343
Re: Outrage v20 Adding Rails
Leaning against an elevated base mounted on a gunwale for a down-rigger sounds extremely uncomfortable.floater wrote:[The bases mounted on the gunwales are] 6-inches above the gunwale; they are strong and can be leaned against.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2343
Re: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
Q3: where can railings like those [unclear] that will fit on an [unspecified model year and now maybe 50-year-old] OUTRAGE V-20 be purchased? If you asking about a railing as illustrated in the linked reference article (above) that is an off-the-shelf exact duplicate of the aft cockpit athwartship ...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Identify Evinrude Engine Part from Photo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1719
Re: Identify Evinrude Engine Part from Photo
I think the model designation 48SPL—if that was the actual original model—might not have used the VRO mixing pump.
Compare at:
What Does SPL Mean on Certain Models of OMC Outboard?
https://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/005043.html
Compare at:
What Does SPL Mean on Certain Models of OMC Outboard?
https://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/005043.html
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2233
Re: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
To predict speed use the Crouch Method. I have implemented the Crouch Method in a calculator, the Crouch’s Calculator. For power use 115-HP For hull factor use 180. For weight, you must add up all the weight on the boat. For a wild guess I will use 3,000-lbs. The calculated target boat speed is then...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2233
Re: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
Give me guidance on propeller selection. The propeller should be a steel three-bladed propeller of proper hub diameter to fit the engine gear case. The propeller blade diameter must fit the propeller aperture available on the engine. The propeller pitch must be a suitable load for the engine to all...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2233
Re: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
Give me guidance on engine mounting height. My own research indicates the Anti-Ventilation plate [should be even with the ] bottom of the boat. Instruct the dealer to install the engine with the engine mounting height one-hole (0.75-inches) up from lowest position. Whether or not the engine mountin...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: MARKETPLACE
- Topic: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1552
Re: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
The boat looks quite nice, but an older two-stroke-power-cycle engine with multiple carburetors that has not been used for ten years is really an unknown quantity. At best, it runs like a 33-year-old two-stroke that smokes a little and burns more fuel than a modern engine. At worst it won’t run at a...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:26 am
- Forum: MARKETPLACE
- Topic: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1552
Re: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
For a quick sale, your asking price should be $10,000. If you are not in a rush, wait for Spring, have the boat available for a sea trial, and start with a much higher price. If the engine runs well and the boat shows well, it could sell for more. To facilitate a sale, set an asking price and re-pos...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: MARKETPLACE
- Topic: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1552
Re: Appraisal: 1975 Montauk 17
Are you considering buying this boat or selling this boat?
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2343
Re: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
SeeMikeUFCfan wrote:Give me photographs of [a railing at the engine splash well which runs athwartship between the gunwales].
https://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/V20Outrage/
for photographs of an athwartship railing on an OUTRAGE V-20.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Outrage V-20 Adding Railings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2343
Re: Outrage v20 Adding Rails
Please give a link to this product.floater wrote:I installed a BIG JON SPORTS brand down-rigger board across the gunwales.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2233
Re: 1986 OUTRAGE 18 Re-power
Regarding performance, 115-HP is 115-HP, so the boat top speed should be the same. The E-TEC direct-injection two-stroke-power-cycle engine might have had a wider engine speed range at which it could produce its rated power that a typical four-stroke-power-cycle engine of the same displacement, so a...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: MARKETPLACE
- Topic: APPRAISAL: 2010 170 MONTAUK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1559
Re: APPRAISAL: 2010 170 MONTAUK
The bank assessment is well below fair market value. Based only on your assessment of the condition as practically like new and practically no engine run time, this freshwater 2010 170 MONTAUK could fetch as much as $35,000 if the seller is able to wait for an offer that high. At the bank’s valuatio...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2712
Re: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
I’m trying to follow them but I don’t understand wiring in the resister when I’m using the Nema [sic] source not the analog source. I have already pointed you to the answer to your question. It does no use to give you pointers to the answer to your question if you do not follow the pointer to the a...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 2006 170 MONTAUK Add Lock to Center Console
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1223
Re: 2006 170 MONTAUK Add Lock to Center Console
Please indicate the Southco part you will use to create the key-lock latch.kpo500 wrote:Perfect. Thank you.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2712
Re: ICON Pro Gauge: TRIM Values
You should feel free to not follow the advice already offered to remedy the problem. I have exhausted all my ideas and attempts to explain them.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 2006 170 MONTAUK Raise Console; Replace Console
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1154
Re: 2006 170 MONTAUK Raise Console; Replace Console
The worst of the three suggested methods is to discard the existing console and try to get a different console from Boston Whaler. First, I doubt you could just order a blank, unfinished console. Second, you’d have a Frankenstein 170 MONTAUK, with probably reduced value unless the work was done to t...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:20 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Montauk 17: Handling Rain Water Accumulation in Cockpit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1734
Re: Montauk 17: Handling Rain Water Accumulation in Cockpit
Q1: How can accumulation of rain water in the cockpit of a [unspecified model year] MONTAUK 17 be prevented while moored and unattented? See the owner’s manual for advice. If you do not have a printed copy of the owner’s manual, read my on-line HTML version at https://continuouswave.com/whaler/refe...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1988 MONTAUK 17 Re-power
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1355
Re: 1988 MONTAUK 17 Re-power
The horsepower plays no part in my recommendation. When you buy a new engine to re-power a 36-year-old boat, the important elements to consider are: ⋅ is the dealer familiar with selling loose engines and rigging them on 36-year-old BOSTON WHALER boats? ⋅ is your boat electrical ...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Refurbish older 16-footer with Gel Coat or with Paint
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1414
Re: Refurbish older 16-footer with Gel Coat or with Paint
Q4: what techniques are good to restore gel coat? Q5: what products are good to restore gel coat? Because most of the gel coat on the boat under discussion is said to be “in good shape”, two good products to use are ⋅ 3M BOAT SOAP ⋅ filtered deionized fresh water A good techniqu...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1988 MONTAUK 17 Re-power
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1355
Re: 1988 MONTAUK 17 Re-power
From your narrative this boat has already had three engines, a 40-HP, a 50-HP, and a 90-HP.
Q3: Why do you now think that buying a new 90-HP engine would be over-powering the boat?
I need to understand this before I can offer a recommendation for a new 90-HP?
Q3: Why do you now think that buying a new 90-HP engine would be over-powering the boat?
I need to understand this before I can offer a recommendation for a new 90-HP?
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: 2006 170 MONTAUK New Owners
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1185
Re: 2006 170 MONTAUK New Owners
Hello Keith. You can read about you new Boston Whaler 2006 170 MONTAUK boat in the REFERENCE section of the website. Here is a link to the article on the initial version 170 MONTAUK: https://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/170Montauk/ Another good article on the early 170 MONTAUK can be found in...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Older 13-footer Has Rust Inside Gunwales
- Replies: 4
- Views: 843
Re: Older 13-footer Has Rust Inside Gunwales
I don’t think the BX cable sheath had electrical conductors in it. There typically was a flat two-conductor zip-cord type cable that was run to the bow and concealed under the rub rail, but I don’t know for sure if really old 13-foot hulls would have that, as those hulls tended to have a one-piece w...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1992 15-foot Unknown Hull SUZUKI DF60a
- Replies: 7
- Views: 863
Re: 1992 15-foot Unknown Hull SUZUKI DF60a
The propeller ventilation is probably due to too much weight shifted to the bow causing the boat trim to be unusually raised in the stern. Repeating earlier question: what was the original Boston Whaler model designation for this hull? Repeating earlier request: please describe engine mounting heigh...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1992 15-foot Unknown Hull SUZUKI DF60a
- Replies: 7
- Views: 863
Re: 1992 15-foot Unknown Hull SUZUKI DF60a
Q1: what is “bully net boat design”?
Q2: what was the original model designation?
Q3: what is meant by “spinning propeller”? The propeller must always be spinning in order to produce thrust to propel the boat.
Q2: what was the original model designation?
[No additional engine speed can be used without] spinning propeller.
Q3: what is meant by “spinning propeller”? The propeller must always be spinning in order to produce thrust to propel the boat.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1984 OUTRAGE V-20 Re-power
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1308
Re: 1984 OUTRAGE V-20 Re-power
Q2: what new engine would be a good choice? Because you will pay for the engine, not me, I recommend getting a modern four-stroke-power-cycle engine with electronic shift and throttle, the new electronic remote controls, the OEM best digital gauges, a new stainless steel propeller, and replacing al...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:09 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1984 OUTRAGE V-20 Re-power
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1308
Re: 1984 OUTRAGE 20 Re-power
Q1: is 250-HP too much power for the [1984 OUTRAGE V-20] boat? Yes. Q3: what will be the change in fuel efficiency with a new engine? Typically the overall fuel consumption will decrease to about half the former consumption. Modern engines are very much more fuel efficient at idle or low power sett...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:41 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Older 13-footer Has Rust Inside Gunwales
- Replies: 4
- Views: 843
Re: Older 13-footer Has Rust Inside Gunwales
Your analysis that the source of the rust is from a metallic spiral electric cable is correct. Boston Whaler used BX-cable in the early 13-foot boats. I don’t know the precise reason for the use of the steel-sheathed cable, but I believe the spiral metal sheathing had something to do with venting ai...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1981 OUTRAGE 24 Fuel Tank Replacment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 818
Re: 1981 OUTRAGE 24 Fuel Tank Replacment
Any non-metal fuel tank would typically be made in a mold, so the chances that someone has invested the enormous costs necessary (to create a mold for a particular fuel tank space on a 1981 OUTRAGE 24 in order to create non-metal replacement fuel tanks) are extraordinarily small or perhaps zero. The...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:45 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1984 Outrage 20 Gel Coat Repair
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1022
Re: 1984 Outrage 20 Gel Coat Repair
In some instances a very good method to discover the original hue and luster of the gel coat layer on an older Boston Whaler boat may exist if there is a fitting that covers a portion of the gel coat and there was a very good seal between the fitting and the hull. An example of this is seen below in...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1984 Outrage 20 Gel Coat Repair
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1022
Re: 1984 Outrage 20 Gel Coat Repair
You should get answers to those questions about what SPECTRUM is willing to do for you from SPECTRUM. My guess is that if you want SPECTRUM to create a special order of gel coat resin to match your boat, you probably will have to pay more than the $53 they charge for one of their off-the-shelf color...