Single or twins?
Submitted by sammy85 on Mon, 2012-11-12 08:20
Hi guys I have previously posted a few questions about imports. As I am looking to buy a boat very soon I originally only wanted something with twins donks. As good boats in the states are starting to thin out there isn't too many boats that tick all my boxes with twin motors left I am thinking about settling on something with a single donk. So I am asking the question to everyone. What do u guys rate better single or twin motors the boat size will be 24-25ft walkaround. Will be used for going out deep fads etc,rotto trips and out to the islands at exxie and abrholos.
Cheers sammy
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till
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The newer 4st seem pretty
The newer 4st seem pretty reliable, so not really the same hangups about going twin for redundancy.
sammy85
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Cheers Jamie that's what I
Cheers Jamie that's what I was thinking also
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Tony
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Tow wieght?
A 25 foot boat might be near the limits of your tow capacity when its fueled and loaded with gear???
A Yamaha 300 four stroke comes in at 260 kgs, twin Yamaha 150's are about 452 kgs.
Then there is the extra cost in servicing just for the safety of running twins.
Modern four strokes that are serviced properly shouldn't let you down for many years so maybe twins aren't required so much these days.
spook
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Tony is spot on, the
Tony is spot on, the servicing and weight is huge when a new single 4stroke is a really reliable motor
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stevebw23
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twins
i'm a fan of twins, easy as to manouver at the ramp, can spin on the spot, can use them to trim the boat level when on the noise and also good safety net incase 1 fails. 2x service costs sucks though and keeping throttle speeds the same gets a bit anoying (my etec throttle levers are way too sensitive in my opinion)
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Faulkner Family
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personally i would go a
personally i would go a single. ok twins have advantages but imo too many downsides, extra weight, servicing , fuel and as mentioned getting the motors running at the same speed. also running say 2 100hp motors does not mean your getting the samo out of them as running a singgle 200hp. its at an estimate like running a 150
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Piggy
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Twins!!
Hey Mate,
I imported a Trophy 2502 with twins on it!! Great boat
It is a bit heavy to tow, especially with 600 litres of fuel on board. Twins are definently the way to go! My engines are in great nick, had them serviced and checked over when I got it to Australia and the mercury dealer said they were in immaculate condition... In saying that I was out in Bunbury and a air compressor line used in the fuel system broke at the fitting on my RH engine and I had to limp it back in on 1 engine.... thats the benefit of twins!!
Just my opinion but twins are the go!!
Cheers
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grayzeee
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Just tag along with another
Just tag along with another boat if you're heading somewhere wild and wooly on a single motor for piece of mind.
No probs out to fads on a decent single motor whatsoever. wouldn't take sea rescue long to come get you if the shit did hit the fan.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
till
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Ahh yeah, I have been in a
Ahh yeah, I have been in a boat that was towed back from the FADs, takes a few hours.
Lets just say that wasn't a modern reliable 4-stroke ;)