Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:27:13 -0500, "MrObvious"
wrote:


Hi all,

I have a friend (really!) that wants to buy a 40HP four stroke for a new
pontoon. He is set on four stroke, wants it quiet and reliable, top speed
is probably not a critical factor. Environmentally friendly, did I mention
that? I've helped *try* to do some research on Honda vs. Yamaha (vs. Suzuki
vs. Tohatsu etc.), and I usually find what I want on the net, but I've found
precious little that does any comparsion of quality, customer satisfaction,
reliability, and what I've found generally is the high end. So, if anybody
has any thoughts, has been through this and would like to share their
expertise, please pass it on.


1 - Get the max horsepower for the pontoon - these things are almost
always under powered.

2 - Get a two stroke - in particular E-TEC. Quieter than a four
stroke, more efficient, cheaper to run and better looking. :)

Later,

Tom

& an experimental technology based on Ficht; the same technology that
summarily put OMC, 7000 workers & US 1.3 BIL of retirees' money feet up
in a table drain:-)


But hey!!! Tom has lots of experience after all his failure rate with
Ficht is 1 in 3!!! Even worse than the 1 in 5 admitted by Ficht:-)


K

& the Krause lie of the day is........

from what we call the "father" series, this is a sad collection of lies
about the mythical father, much the same as immature school kids make
up. The sad part is that a man in his 50s would be so ashamed of his
father's real achievements that he besmirches his memory with such
infantile lies.


My father, who died in the 1970s, was a fairly well known boating sportsman in
the New England-New York area. He was a boat dealer and marina operator. For
grins, he raced hydroplanes and utility outboards in the late 40's and early
50's, and won the Albany to New York race twice and a number of other races.
For many years, he always had the *fastest* boat on Long Island Sound. I don't
know whether that was true, but I don't recall anyone with a faster boat, and
he drove all over looking for them. The boat, which changed from year to year,
was always called "Bob's Hope." Later, he drove a twin 50-hp Evinrude powered
Swedish boat across the North Atlantic in winter as a publicity stunt for a
line of Swedish boats he was distributing in New England. Came over the lee of
a tanker. He owned a *lot* of boats, including a PT boat for a while and a
DUCK.

I don't know that I have more experience with boats than anyone in here. I've
been boating since I was about 7 or so, and that was 50 years ago. I've owned
a *lot* of different kinds of boats.

What *you* believe is your business. Frankly, I don't give a damn.

Also of course, note the "in winter":-)

My father and his chief mechanic once crossed the Atlantic in winter in
a 22'
boat powered by twin outboards. Yes, it is possible, even the fuel. Got a
"fireboat" welcome in NYC.