"HK" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
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On Jun 30, 8:39 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:18:50 -0400, DK
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colisa wrote:
We have recently become the owners of a Bass Tracker Pro Team 17 with
a Mercury Marine Tracker 40 HP 4 cyl outboard...
I need help finding the engine serial number.
I took pictures and put it in a blog, figuring it would be easier than
trying to explain that dohickey or whachamacallit:
http://colisasworld.blogspot.com/200...eds-help-findi...
can anybody here help me?
Thanks,
Colisa
That's a 3 cylinder, 966cc, motor, not 4. With the Tracker graphics on
the cowling, it's probably the same year as the boat - give or take one
year. I don't think a lot has changed since it was built.
I used to own the same boat - a little newer - and had the 40hp ELPTO
motor. Keep the carbs clean and it will run like a champ.
I wish I never sold it. I've been looking for a new aluminum bass boat
for a while now. I can't decide on the brand or the motor I want. I
do miss freshwater fishing.
Tracker Team 175 is a great entry boat for just kicking around small
lakes and even medium lakes. Oddly, it's not tippy at all - you think
it would be, but it's not.

Another that I like a lot is the Tracker Panfish

http://www.trackerboats.com/boat/?boat=2831

My dealer has taken on the Starcraft series of boats and I like those
a lot - fairly cheap too considering - slightly more rigged and out
the door than Tracker - like maybe $100 or so.

And to tell the truth, I really liked the Princecraft Yukon I sold Don
- that was a sweet little boat - plenty of interior room, it was set
up to fish from, very stable and pretty quick for it's size. Very easy
to load.

That's one boat I wish I hadn't sold - especially to a Canadian. :)

NOTE TO WHINERS:

That last was a friendly dig at Don - I have no quarrel with Don, do
not intend to have one and will refuse to have one - I like him - he
treats my former boat right.

For a Canadian. :)- Hide quoted text -

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A fifteen footer, only five feet wide, with a vee bottom and a half of
a seat You want fishing room, you need something like this:
http://yaimkool.com/
You know, something a 6 foot something, 2hundred and er. um,
something, overlord can stand up in

Aluminum, who ever heard of a boat made of Aluminum.. Might as well
paint on some noseart

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One thing you can bet on, my aluminum Yukon will outlast a wood boat.


Another thing one can bet on: as long as it is in your possession, your
boat won't look like it was painted by a drunk on LSD.


As long as I don't go scraping it up...I may never need to paint it. A
little TLC will go a long ways.
Coming from this province I appreciate wood boats, but I just don't want to
have to maintain one.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:31:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

He even claims to have gotten a
fireboat welcome upon his return to NYC!

Nitpick. There is no such thing as a fireboat, only the usual harbor
tugs which have big nozzles [called monitors] on the rear masts.

Casady

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:31:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

He even claims to have gotten a
fireboat welcome upon his return to NYC!

Nitpick. There is no such thing as a fireboat, only the usual harbor
tugs which have big nozzles [called monitors] on the rear masts.

Casady

There are dedicated and designed fireboats.
http://www.sffiremuseum.org/fireboats.html

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:28:46 -0400, DK
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:18:50 -0400, DK
wrote:

colisa wrote:
We have recently become the owners of a Bass Tracker Pro Team 17 with
a Mercury Marine Tracker 40 HP 4 cyl outboard...

I need help finding the engine serial number.

I took pictures and put it in a blog, figuring it would be easier than
trying to explain that dohickey or whachamacallit:

http://colisasworld.blogspot.com/200...ding-boat.html

can anybody here help me?


Thanks,
Colisa
That's a 3 cylinder, 966cc, motor, not 4. With the Tracker graphics on
the cowling, it's probably the same year as the boat - give or take one
year. I don't think a lot has changed since it was built.

I used to own the same boat - a little newer - and had the 40hp ELPTO
motor. Keep the carbs clean and it will run like a champ.

I wish I never sold it. I've been looking for a new aluminum bass boat
for a while now. I can't decide on the brand or the motor I want. I
do miss freshwater fishing.
Tracker Team 175 is a great entry boat for just kicking around small
lakes and even medium lakes. Oddly, it's not tippy at all - you think
it would be, but it's not.

Another that I like a lot is the Tracker Panfish

I had mine 4 miles offshore fishing on the reef on a few calm days
before I bought the bigger boat.

You're a braver man than I am. :)

I always had PFD's, a VHF (even though the cell phone always worked in
that area), and even an EPIRB. I've only felt seasick once in my life
and it was in that low boat in 1' seas.

On 8/17/2015 1:23 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:27:40 -0400, Justan Olphat
wrote:

1. The Big Foot is a workboat motor

It is certainly not for "performance" as much as giving a good push at
a relatively lower speed.
Yamaha must only make workboat motors tho. My F70 is swinging the
exact same prop as my big foot used and that is the only lower they
sell.
Alternately you could argue that at 60-70 HP, you should be in the
larger prop. The difference between my F70 and Don's 60 are minimal
and 3-4 HP at most. That is from a little better breathing on the
intake side. You will only see that at WOT. I have about 0.3 hours at
anything even close to that.


Your boat fits nicely in the workboat catagory. Proper prop size is
whatever allows your engine to attain WOT mfg. suggested RPM. Your prop
is probably larger in diameter and shallow pitch. Probably 12 pitch.
--

Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:27:40 -0400, Justan Olphat
wrote:

1. The Big Foot is a workboat motor

It is certainly not for "performance" as much as giving a good push at
a relatively lower speed.
Yamaha must only make workboat motors tho. My F70 is swinging the
exact same prop as my big foot used and that is the only lower they
sell.
Alternately you could argue that at 60-70 HP, you should be in the
larger prop. The difference between my F70 and Don's 60 are minimal
and 3-4 HP at most. That is from a little better breathing on the
intake side. You will only see that at WOT. I have about 0.3 hours at
anything even close to that.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:04:24 -0400, Justan Olphat
wrote:

On 8/17/2015 1:23 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:27:40 -0400, Justan Olphat
wrote:

1. The Big Foot is a workboat motor

It is certainly not for "performance" as much as giving a good push at
a relatively lower speed.
Yamaha must only make workboat motors tho. My F70 is swinging the
exact same prop as my big foot used and that is the only lower they
sell.
Alternately you could argue that at 60-70 HP, you should be in the
larger prop. The difference between my F70 and Don's 60 are minimal
and 3-4 HP at most. That is from a little better breathing on the
intake side. You will only see that at WOT. I have about 0.3 hours at
anything even close to that.


Your boat fits nicely in the workboat catagory. Proper prop size is
whatever allows your engine to attain WOT mfg. suggested RPM. Your prop
is probably larger in diameter and shallow pitch. Probably 12 pitch.

It goes a little deeper than just matching RPM to prop diameter and
pitch.
High performance boats want the exact opposite of "big foot". They
have as small a gearcase as possible to reduce drag but they are
easier to break and low speed performance suffers.

OK Work boat ;-)

BTW 14x11

wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:27:40 -0400, Justan Olphat
wrote:

1. The Big Foot is a workboat motor

It is certainly not for "performance" as much as giving a good push at
a relatively lower speed.
Yamaha must only make workboat motors tho. My F70 is swinging the
exact same prop as my big foot used and that is the only lower they
sell.
Alternately you could argue that at 60-70 HP, you should be in the
larger prop. The difference between my F70 and Don's 60 are minimal
and 3-4 HP at most. That is from a little better breathing on the
intake side. You will only see that at WOT. I have about 0.3 hours at
anything even close to that.

I have a Yamaha T-8 as a kicker. Equivalent to Bigfoots. Has a 20 or 25
horse power leg, geared lower to swing a larger high pitch prop at low
speed. Lots of thrust. I am going to max out at about 6.5 mph on hull
speed, which is what the T-8 gives close to. Formerly I had a 15 Mariner
from my 14' aluminum boat and would see about 4 mph as a kicker. Lots of
cavitation. Would probably go to a 10 horse if replacing as wind can be a
factor.

Justan Olphat
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"Your dealer is full of ****e. Find another dealer or buy used privately
or thru a broker.
1. The Big Foot is a workboat motor
2. A bowrider is not a suitable Atlantic Ocean boat. Yes, even inshore.

I am surprised that, even after years of participation in this
newsgroup, you haven't learned much of anything about boats and boating.
Do you listen to anyone besides Harry KKKrause?
I am growing weary of giving you "one last chance(s)" to shape up."




I think you are "full of ****e", Stinky.
We were boating at Grand Lake last week when I noticed two guys preparing their Lowe bowrider for the road after morning fishing. It was the same size as my boat. 16.5 feet so I. Went over for a looksee. He had the regular Mercury 60....foot and propeller looked tiny compared to mine. He complained that it took him too long to get up on plane with his right. I have no complaints with mine.

Make that...'rig'