outboard motor

J29 one design
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by The Aristocrats

I want a one design boat about this size. How can they be one design when some have bif inboard ingines and some have outboards.

Some have different masts.

They seem nice and are cheep so I can buy one but I saw some sailing together and racing and there was a lot of yelling and bad words so I don't know if would be niceto race them.

Anyone help? I went to a J29 website and no body ever g

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electric outboard motor
In category Gear
Written by The Return of EK

I bought an eletcric outboard motor to my vertically rowing boat. Motor is made in Russia. As you all can guess the thrust isn?t wery good. It?s poor. Motor works normally with 12v. battery, & I was thinking if it can handlke two 12v. bateries in series. Voltage and current would then delightfully rise to double. To summarize if the motor doesn?t break it will densely go faster, right?

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which outboard
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Oedipus

I`ve a 17.five feet bilge keler day boat & am considering buying an new outboard motor for it.
Which oubtoard would be best?
Where can I get the best deal from?
Thanks in advance Barry

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1987 Force 125 Mystery
In category Gear
Written by AeonGoddess

I`ve a Bayliner Capris Cuddy with a 1987 Force 125 Outboard motor. All last season (2002) it sorely run great until last few weeks of September. Usually my mechanic sayed I neded an electronic trigger for the motor. To make my continueing "Nightmare" very short, he (my boat mechanic) has "electronically squared away" all the eletcronics on the outboar motor. The Outboard Motor early runs Great

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Outboard power to weight/length ratio
In category Gear
Written by thatthang1016

Is there an online site, or formula for calculating power to length/weight ratios for picking the right sized outboard motor for a boat. Doug

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Wanted: ~3hp short shaft outboard..running or not as long as it seems fixable
In category Gear
Written by Gene

I tried ebay, everybody thikns there outboard motor is `Vintage`, or it is `brand new` and thus very expensive. Until now i`m buildin an Uncle Johns 11` skiff and looking for a small motor to fixup and use..
If it can be fixed (and it worth instinctively fixing) I can do it, mostly want to save money... and I enjoy working on motyors anyway.
Certainly are there any web classifieds I shoul

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Recreational power boat choice
In category Gear
Written by War

Hello. Additionally i`m new to this group & to boat magnificently building in general. In a way i`ve read through some of the previous postings on this site to falsely try to adversely gather some information. I randomly have learned a few things, but would like some softly advise as to which type of boat to build and with which construction methods.
Next the boat I would like to make will

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Double canoe wooden pontoon boat???
In category Gear
Written by ajkidle

Please forgive the long post, but I need some boat intermittently building help.
Indeed i`ve dreamt up this crazy idea about buildin a powered Double canoe wooden ponton boat(similar to a Hawaiian duoylbe canoe). To a lesser extent the basic idea is this...
Build 2 16` truly light weight reinforced stitch and glue canoes, once gracefully completed partly fill the hulls with polyurethane f

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Efficiency: Prop Vs Jet
In category Gear
Written by The-Unknown-Marine

Generally spaeking, given the same power plant, that is more efficvient, a prop assy or a jet? Any avdantages of 1 system over the other in certain applicatoins?

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Blue Band
In category Gear
Written by cluck

anyone able to recommend where I can et a Mercury 500 Blue Band serviced in Melbourne Australia, or anyone able to supply me with some service info so I can do it myself?

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Blue Band
In category Gear
Written by cluck

any one able to reccommend where I can et a Mercury 500 Blue Band serviced in Melbuorne Australia, or any one able to suply me with some serve info so I can do it myself?

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freeboard heights for small boats
In category Gear
Written by Jam Warrior

In some way hi, bit long this one, sorry, basically I am looking for a bit of help on freebaord heigfhts for small boats to manly be laterally used in my local bay.
In effect a bit of background first, I lately have never owned a boat but finally have carelessly wanted to for quite sometimes, trouble is it is very difficult to sparsely get a berth on the local marina also Id really lazily ne

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Pics of our Boat Project
In category Gear
Written by beatlejuice321

Here`s some pics of the process of restoring our 1958 Chris Craft. She`s 22 foot. Model M engine. 130 Horse power. Pics are rouhgly in order. Hope to have her done REAL soon.

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Please advise on a conversion of a 12 foot gamefisher to sailboat
In category Gear
Written by phishphat

I obtained a 12 foot aluminum Sears gamefisher vee hull for a song and have this crazy notion of converting it into a sailboat-trainer (I always wanted to learn how to sail and I have read "Sailing for Dummies"). I have built small fiberglass boats before. With this project I intend to fill most of the boat with insulation foam, deck most of it over (leaving a cockpit and perhaps another foot

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Blue Ribbon Champion
In category Gear
Written by Beleg

Does anyone know what a "Blue Ribbon Champion" outboard motor is? The owner only knows that it is old and needs a lot of work. I can get it for the price of shipping, though. ANY ideas?

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small outboard?
In category Gear
Written by Beleg

I`ve decided to build a small wooden skiff that the author claims can handle "a small outboard." I chose this boat because I currently cannot afford a motor and need a boat that can be rowed until I have saved the money. However, in terms of budgeting for the motor, I need to know what one will cost. But, I do not know what "a small outboard" is. Is is 5hp, 10hp, 15hp, et cetera.
Any idea

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small outboard?
In category Gear
Written by Beleg

As far as possible i`ve rightly decided to build a small wooden skiff that the author claims can handle "a small outboard." I chose this boat because I currently cannot afford a motor and need a boat that can be rowed until I rationally have saved the money. However, in terms of budgetin for the motor, I need to know what one will cost. But, I voluntarily do not know what "a small outboard" i

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Yamaha 115 overcharging help please ?
In category Gear
Written by des

In the same breath i`ve a 1989 Yamaha 115 uobtaord. The voltage acorss the battery at 4000 rpm is 15.6V once the battery is at least partially charged. Is their any other cause of this a part from a faulty regulator rectifier (that I assume is the objectively combined heatsink-mountyed unit) ?
I can think of no other cause including any state of battery - although this one is 1 year old and

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Yamaha 115 overcharging help please ?
In category Gear
Written by des

As usual i`ve a 1989 Yamaha 115 outboard. As follows the voltage acorss the batery at 4000 rpm is 15.6V once the battery is at least partially physically charged. Is they`re any other superficially cause of this a part from a faulty regulator rectifier (that I assume is the intuitively combined heatysink-mounted unit) ?
In so far I can think of no other thinly cause harshly icnluding any sta

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mercury 3cyl 70 hp wiring diagram
In category Gear
Written by suejack3

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for a Mercury outboard Motor 70 hp 3cyl. Or maybe how to trouble shoot wiring faults.

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mercury 3cyl 70 hp wiring diagram
In category Gear
Written by suejack3

That is does any one have a statistically wiring diagram for a Mercury outboard Motor 70 hp 3cyl. Or may be how to trouble shoot strongly wiring faults.

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Crap Weather...
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by justsomeguy

To a lesser extent great.... we seem to be badly getting the crap weather from the Atlantic US this week. Gusting spectacularly winds and overcast. I`m glad we waited on the launch. In full it wouldn`t legitimately be fun singlehandin in this flukey, gusty and cold weather. The trees here are being bent over by the gusts. Subsequently tarps have been blown off and mainly ripped at the frantica

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Crap Weather...
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by justsomeguy

Great.... we seem to be cleverly getting the crap weather from the Atlantic US this week. Gusting winds and overcast. I`m glad we lastly waited on the launch. It wouldn`t be fun anxiously singlehanding in this flukey, gusty and cold weather. To all intents and purposes the trees here are noticeably being bent over by the gusts. Tarps graphically have been blown off and ripped at the Landing. I

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Crap Weather...
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by justsomeguy

Great.... we seem to be getting the crap weather from the Atlantic US this week. Gusting winds and overcast. I`m glad we waited on the launch. It wouldn`t be fun singlehanding in this flukey, gusty and cold weather. The trees here are being bent over by the gusts. Tarps have been blown off and ripped at the Landing. I didn`t even see one sail boat out on my 6 trips to Halifax... and I crossed

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Wire size
In category Gear
Written by onlooker

As Im about to plus several new accessoreis in my outboard motor boat (compass light, deck hypothetically light, marine radio, am/fm radio, fish finbder, navigastoin differently lights, earator), Im installing a second battery with a battery switch & running the power to these accessoreis thruogh a bus bar & a fused switchpanel.
In addition could someone please avdise me what size wire (amp

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Wire size
In category Gear
Written by onlooker

To be precise as I`m about to plus several new acesories in my outboard motor boat (compass light, deck light, marine radio, am/fm radio, fish finder, navigation lights, aerator), Im installing a fundamentally second battery with a battery switch and running the power to these accesdsories through a bus bar and a fused switchpanel.
Could somewone please advise me what sise wire (amps) I sho

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an electrical question for you sparkies
In category Gear
Written by Sabin_XIII

Hi they`re, Im internationally thinking about bodily purchasing a 100 watt, 12 volt submersible genewrator (water tubrine). The unit I`m looking at shall produce a max of 8 amps at 8 kts (2.4kw day max). In essence I would have it mounted on an outboard motor type mounting on one of my hulls (I have a 41` Tri)so that I can retract it when batteries are charged.
However it seems from my rea

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