Tim was from our Yacht Club.
The only Mac he every saw was mine. He was a Mac hater.
He bought my friend's fathers old water logged sail boat.. years ago.
The one he almost sank when he took it to the Carib. and ran out of money, calling all the people at the club for "donations".

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Was told to never fog a EFI engine by the dealer.. only fog and stall out a carb'ed engine.
Just installed a DF60A Suzuki .


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Hmm... I will have to ChatGPT that one...

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Or.. just leave it.. and get a bigger Bilge Pump...


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We put a 11 1/2" x 13 pitch.
Fresh motor revs to 5500rpm, was told that after break-in, we may get 100-200 RPM more...
Happy with performance..


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We were with friends sailing last year, right in front of the Windsor Riverfront (right down town by the Renaissance Centre) Cnd Coast guard insisted to at bare min moto-sail. We did challenge them they would not have it. Said it was too dangerous with all the commercial traffic. We were off well to...

Yes.. time to buy a Lotto Max...

If you do not run the RV mode.. only say.. depth.. will that make the battery last longer?
Or do you always pull full load?


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For us, we are always on the lookout for a new boat (at a good deal) The wife would love nothing more than to get a cat and do the "you tube" cruising thing. But that is a HUGE jump in price and maint. For instance, a basic 35' Tomcat/PDQ cat that would be more for the great lakes... a 20 ...

One thing to note.. is that MARINE GRADE batteries, have WELDED plates inside them.
This is so they withstand all the bounce/pounding.

If you go get generic batteries.. say.. from Princess Auto... or some low end brand, most are not welded plates inside them, and thus do not last long.


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Great News.. Time to promote the Admiral.. I would be curious how "off" your carb sync was. And if it smoothed out the OB. Also if you get a bit of Sputtering at higher RPM that could be the float in the carb(s) not properly set. (mine had that) I did repower anyway... wife.. err... cabin ...

For a backup motor, what about an electric trolling motor.. hanging off the bow?
(Emergency Use only!)


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Wow.. a real battery killer.
Thanks for the info.

I run 2 batteries..
One for start, one for house.
I do have a 200ah lithium at home I may also bring that onboard..
Sounds like I should mostly use RealVision when under power.


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It the boat sat... you really want to go over the outboard motor. Compression test at min. Also what year is the OB? Can you still get parts for it? (Does it have an OB?) My 2004 Merc (made back them for Yamaha ) was having lots of trouble finding parts. Ended up repowering. Factor that into the off...

Sorry to hear...
Are you just going to replace rings, or are the cylinder walls scored? (ie:repower)


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