Actually it's the other way around. Hondas are littered all over the
Pacific, Yamaha's keep running .. of course you have to be able to afford
them too. They are not a low budget item. For you I think Gamefisher would
be about right.

M.

"Nav" wrote in message
...
yamaha don't have the 4 stroke expertise of honda.

Cheers

Bobsprit wrote:

There is Yamaha, then there are the also rans, wanna be's, close to's,
and
from there it runs down hill


Yamaha can't be considered because their engines are too heavy in the
protable
range. They've focused more on their big engine technology and lag
behind
Merc/Nissan/Honda.

RB

Actually it's the other way around. Hondas are littered all over the
Pacific, Yamaha's keep running .. of course you have to be able to afford
them too. They are not a low budget item. For you I think Gamefisher would
be about right.


All of these outboards are very close in price.

RB

Yamaha can't be considered because their engines are too heavy in the protable
range. They've focused more on their big engine technology and lag behind
Merc/Nissan/Honda.

RB

Yamaha F4 - 4 HP, 38 pounds

Not for the 4 cycle, which is what I'd prefer. 4HP is 48 lbs and the 6 is 83LBs
compared to Nissan's 55.

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products...c=otb&cid=19&s
cid=5&but=19&year=2005&cat=Four+Stroke+Series&scat =Portable

RB

hey bob
there is a place on city island ave, just next to the one gas station
(sunoco?)
side door to the little gorcery store
don't recall his name but you may want tot stop by there
he usually has decent deals on rebuilt outboards

gf.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Yamaha can't be considered because their engines are too heavy in the
protable
range. They've focused more on their big engine technology and lag behind
Merc/Nissan/Honda.

RB

Yamaha F4 - 4 HP, 38 pounds

Not for the 4 cycle, which is what I'd prefer. 4HP is 48 lbs and the 6 is
83LBs
compared to Nissan's 55.

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products...c=otb&cid=19&s
cid=5&but=19&year=2005&cat=Four+Stroke+Series&scat =Portable

RB

In article , gonefishiing wrote:
hey bob
there is a place on city island ave, just next to the one gas station
(sunoco?)
side door to the little gorcery store
don't recall his name but you may want tot stop by there
he usually has decent deals on rebuilt outboards

gf.

Bob, careful, that's where his ex hangs out. :-)

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

hey jon,

funny you should bring that up

many people have a certain aspect of creativity to their thinking where the
need to latch on to a single thought and pound it into the ground is
considered boring.

you having an off week by any chance?
usually your more creative funny and subtle (if not downright annoying)
then recent posts indicate.
the political situation got ya down?


gf.

In article , gonefishiing wrote:
hey jon,

funny you should bring that up

many people have a certain aspect of creativity to their thinking where the
need to latch on to a single thought and pound it into the ground is
considered boring.

you having an off week by any chance?
usually your more creative funny and subtle (if not downright annoying)
then recent posts indicate.
the political situation got ya down?

Which particular post... oh, the one about your ex hanging out
there... :-) Well, I thought it was funny.

--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

side door to the little gorcery store
don't recall his name but you may want tot stop by there
he usually has decent deals on rebuilt outboards


Insurance is paying me full replacement on the Tohatsu, so I'd rather have
something new.

RB

And my T9 with long shaft is 104 lbs. So?

M.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Yamaha can't be considered because their engines are too heavy in the
protable
range. They've focused more on their big engine technology and lag behind
Merc/Nissan/Honda.

RB

Yamaha F4 - 4 HP, 38 pounds

Not for the 4 cycle, which is what I'd prefer. 4HP is 48 lbs and the 6 is
83LBs
compared to Nissan's 55.

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products...c=otb&cid=19&s
cid=5&but=19&year=2005&cat=Four+Stroke+Series&scat =Portable

RB

so that portion of the conjecture gets
ignored as far as I'm concerned. The 4hp Yamaha or Nissan would be more than up
to the job. Personally, I'd rather have a 4 hp Yamaha than a 5 hp Nissan.


I'd really like to have the max HP for the Porta-bote. The Nissan 5hp weighs in
at 55lbs. The Honda 5HP would be my top choice, but it's 60lbs, over the limit
by 6 for the Porta-bote. We have three people in a dinghy plenty of times and I
think the extra HP will be nice. The price of the 4,5,6 are also pretty close,
so I thought I'd split it and get the 5. My Tohatsu that was stolen a few weeks
back was a great motor.
If you don't agree that the extra 1 hp will help please explain. Sandy at
Porta-bote also suggested the 5 HP for the 10' model. I doubt money was much of
a factor as they are so close in price.

RB