New mini boat
The Mainship we bought came with an old Caribe inflatable and an equally old
(1996) Honda 15 horse 4 stroke. Both are carried on the forward deck of the Mainship on a cradle. I finally got around to inspecting and trying the hoist system (which works great), but discovered the inflatable was in really rough shape. It needs to be pumped up every 2 or 3 days and had a bunch of patches on it. The Honda engine weighs a ton, and although the previous owner said it ran fine, I decided to replace both with new. I gave the old setup away to one of the employees here at Kingman. He said he'd love to mess around with them. I searched all the manufactures of rigid hull inflatables and finally bought on at ... of all places .... West Marine. They had a deal going on whereby if you bought both an inflatable and an engine, they had a decent discount on the package. Even though the 10' inflatable (made by Zodiac) is rated for a 15 hp engine, I went for a 6 hp Mercury 4 stroke. When I was at West Marine, another customer saw me looking at the boat and commented that he has had the same one for 3 years now and loves it. I asked him what engine he had, and he said a 9.9hp Merc 4 stroke. He also said that if he were to do it again, he'd go smaller on the engine. That confirmed what I was thinking. At my stage in life, the benefits of a 55 lb engine over a 100 lb + engine is far more important than speed. Anyway, got back to the boat a couple of hours ago, launched the boat, installed the motor, filled it with oil, bought 3 gallons of gas and took a little ride. Lots of fun, 'cept the thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Eisboch |
New mini boat
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:45:52 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote: At my stage in life, the benefits of a 55 lb engine over a 100 lb + engine is far more important than speed. Heresy!!!! Cool beans - sounds like a neat set up. |
New mini boat
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:45:52 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
The Mainship we bought came with an old Caribe inflatable and an equally old (1996) Honda 15 horse 4 stroke. Both are carried on the forward deck of the Mainship on a cradle. I finally got around to inspecting and trying the hoist system (which works great), but discovered the inflatable was in really rough shape. It needs to be pumped up every 2 or 3 days and had a bunch of patches on it. The Honda engine weighs a ton, and although the previous owner said it ran fine, I decided to replace both with new. I gave the old setup away to one of the employees here at Kingman. He said he'd love to mess around with them. I searched all the manufactures of rigid hull inflatables and finally bought on at ... of all places .... West Marine. They had a deal going on whereby if you bought both an inflatable and an engine, they had a decent discount on the package. Even though the 10' inflatable (made by Zodiac) is rated for a 15 hp engine, I went for a 6 hp Mercury 4 stroke. When I was at West Marine, another customer saw me looking at the boat and commented that he has had the same one for 3 years now and loves it. I asked him what engine he had, and he said a 9.9hp Merc 4 stroke. He also said that if he were to do it again, he'd go smaller on the engine. That confirmed what I was thinking. At my stage in life, the benefits of a 55 lb engine over a 100 lb + engine is far more important than speed. Anyway, got back to the boat a couple of hours ago, launched the boat, installed the motor, filled it with oil, bought 3 gallons of gas and took a little ride. Lots of fun, 'cept the thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Eisboch Sounds like fun, but where's the pictures? |
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