Hi guys, my Merc motor is playing up so I'm looking at options for a new motor. Are Yamaha 4 stroke a good option?

cheers 

Zoom's story got the better of me... and he is not alone; anyone thinking of a purchase needs to either do some home work or spend some money... here is my journey...lolol. And now; I have a great boat........
I purchased my boat and trailer after seeing the ad online through a Marine business in Perth (Hillarys) who "locate boats" for people.
I still have the original advertisement... Ready to go the other side of Rotto etc.
MMM no it wasn't, NOT AT ALL!!!!
So muggings here, goes and has a look down near Fremantle; nice hull, trailers ok- not great, engines a bit old but it had good bones and breeding, (Chivers).
Went to the sellers house in Hamilton Hill had a look, and decided after talking to him it was a go.. Asked about the trailer and was assured the bearings (tandem axle) were fine and the boat was a gift, (he was into racing cars now)So I bought it. KA-ching $$
Took it home on his word; and didn't bother to check bearings, one run in the river went ok so decided to take it to Hillarys and go for a fish.. Travelling down Gnangara road, I look in the rear view mirror and see the outside rear wheel started to "wobble" I slowed down but was unable to stop before it let loose, the wheel crossed traffic (thankfully not hitting and one or thing) and wound up in the sand on the opposite side of the road. Not happy!!
I went home and spoke to my neighbor who is always ready to help, he's got a spare set of bearings and hub in the shed, and he calls a mate, we did a repair/ replaced bearings on the side of the road.
Went home... Replaced all bearings etc(4 ea) out the back on the ground on a tarp with the boat on stands. First time I'd done it by myself, looked it up on the net spoke to the neighbour, and not a problem. After a few months trailer was just not what I wanted.
Trailer was looking a bit sad, rust wise, so decided to replace it, and got a great deal and great trailer from Wayne at "Trailit".
Sold the old one for about $950 in the quokka. It probably would have done another few years after my work but I'd had enough of it.
Then there was the boat "that was ready to go out wide and easily take you out the other side of Rotto" Caveat Emptor (buyer beware)..... lolol so get the boat in the water on an ordinary day with it's OVLOV AQ145 (Volvo), off the ark, but reliable, just a bit long in the tooth.
Now in the slop I can smell fuel, mmmmmmm I'm not doing this, so decide to go home... which I did.
Could not find a leak from built-in under-floor alloy tank, nor could marine workshop.. but the smell was always there, and often a sheen in the bilge water.... and I just was not happy with it or the smell of fuel. Was also not happy with the $1600 bill for a "service" from the engines authorised dealer in Fremantle, but that's another story....(We settled on $800 in the end)
So I did an upgrade to the old tub.
In the end it was fitted with, New 5 litre V8 mercuiser, took it from 25 knts flat out, to gutsy rumble at 43/44 Knots WOT, new seats, new pedestals, new dash, new built in fiberglass fuel tank and capacity going from about 110 litres to 280 litres. New electronics and engine management EFI system Smart craft, Also replaced a host of other items to get it to where it was ready "TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF ROTTO". Having done all this I contacted the "middleman dealer" via email and told him of his advertisement and of my journey; I did suggest that perhaps he should temper his advertising a little. I received back a very unpleasant email including accusations of being half full of beer when sending them emails about my boat.. which was not the case.. I did explain their advertisement and claims were "a little wide of the mark", and that now, after I had spent a bucket of money; the boat was indeed ready to go to the other side of Rotto or anywhere else... I could have done it cheaper and sold it but as I said; it had good bones and good breeding and now I'm happy with it... so for people buying boats and trailers it may pay to do a bit more homework than I did; and perhaps other have done..... I'm still spending because it's a good boat and does everything I need of it...next is the screen, canopy, and targa/ rod holders...

 Hey guys is there anyone near mindarie  way that can see the ocean how does it look hanging to take my boat dont have anytime this weekend and im in wangara at the mo counting down the hrs till knock off is it worth a look in 

 When I bought my boat recently I got a good deal a conceded there were a few things to put right with the boat. What I didn't realise was there were far more issues with the trailer.

1. Turns out the number plate on the trailer didn't match the VIN number
2. The chassis number had never been registered in WA (probably not in Aus either as it was an import)
3. Trailer failed inspection due to noisy wheel bearings and rusted brake lines

So after a few days of running around the trailer is now registered so thanks goodness for small miracles.

Moral of the story - do your checks carefully if you have any doubts at all.

Deets here if it affects you.

Cheers Miles

Hi all

I want to change my stern drive from a SP 290 volvo penta leg to a DP Leg

what's the difference between the 280 leg and the 290 legs??

 Hey lads...

whats the pros and negatives about duel outboards v singles....about to do my own google search but would like peoples opinions too!

Brett

 Morning,

I'm looking for a good mechanic to service my Honda outboard, prefer mobile but can take it to a local dealer for servicing. I'm in the Melville area so can anyone recommend a mechanic that they've delt with before, either mobile or close by, that did a good job? 

Thanks

Gday just wondering what are peoples thoughts on the location of the pick up? Do you think it will muck up the reading for the tranny?

Gday just wondering what are peoples thoughts on the location of the pick up? Do you think it will muck up the reading for the tranny?

 I've got an older aq171c that needs some setting of the dual carbs and other minor tuning. Hard to find anyone willing to work on these older engines these days. I was hoping to hear from someone who is familiar with these engines, probably retired by now. I'm down near Margaret river.

 Hi Fellas,

There's a boat for sale that is on a currently unlicenced trailer, and I was just wondering whether anyone has gone through the process of putting it through the pits and relicensing it again?

How much of a hastle was it and how much should I expect to pay? Its a dual axle trailer 2004 for a 5.5m boat in reasonable condition

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/license-a-trailer.asp

Seems pretty straight forward but if anyone has done it before it would be good to hear from you!

Cheers

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I would like to update the steering wheel on my boat.  The steering that I have is the Mercury Ride Guide, while it is old, it still works perfectly and I don’t intend to replace it soon. 

Unfortunately, the wheel attaches to a square taper and all new wheels have the ¾" morse taper.

Can anyone suggest a workaround?  I am thinking that I may need to buy a wheel, knock out the central hub and get it machined to fit the square taper.

All suggestions are welcome.

Thanks 

Col

Hey guys I have a baron statesman 1800 that I have been refurbishing for the

last 3 months or so I am finally at the point of puting her in the water for the first

time but I have a problem. I cant get the tilt to work, long story short I replaced

the wiring harness on the 76 1150 mercury and controls. before the tilt buttons

were on the dash they are now on the control unit and I am unsure how to connect

I can get the pump to make noise but the motor will not trim up or down, I changed

one of the rams and lost a little bit of fluid could this be the problem or could I just have

air in the system, the wire colours on the new setup are green blue purple and the old setup

had purple blue and blue/purple with what i think is a common power or earth, the plug 

from old setup that fits up to pump had three pins and my new one has only two so cant

fit it straight up, hopefully I have explained it well enough and someone can help

me I am hanging to get my baby on the water..

After reading a thread on FW last week about boat motor fitting/ servicing I thought I would shoot of an enquirery to Marine masters as recommended by a couple of people, after the first message via their web site contact heard nothing, sent off another message via their website contact page and still have not had a reply, they obviously have enough work on and don't need a new client or just couldn't be bothered replying, dunno but I won't be trying them again..

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/28180179/boat-crashes-into-ruskin-marina#.VOvWogUiD1g.facebook

 Hi there is anyone/ does anyone know a good Ali welder had a support bar on the t top of the boat crack on the weekend. Preferably mobile and the boats in claremont. Cheers in advance

You might have seen my earlier post regarding buying a new boat and the sort of options I was looking at. I managed to pick up this 2009 Seafox 216DC. Took it for a sea trial and spoke to their mechanic that gave it a good wrap. A few little jobs needed doing like replacing the cracked water filter screen on the outboard, bleeding and flushing the hydraulic steering to smooth it out, spraying loads of WD40 to get hinges and hatches working again and giving it a good wash. It will probably need a couple more washes to get it looking bright again. Hull needs a good polish as well.

It is an interesting hull in that it is a dual console (read bow rider in aussie lingo) so good for family days, but has in integrated kill tank, live bait well, 8 rod holders and an esky under the passenger seats for the fishing days. It's 6.4m long, 2.59m wide and sits on an ally ibeam trailer with the 150 4stroke Suzuki on the back with around 200 hours on it (tacho goes up to the 2 when you switch it on indicating 200 hours).

Worst part was, the kids have been sick all weekend and I couldn't take it out! arghhhh. At least now I have the option of fishing in the river or offshore and can trailer to more locations.

Upgrades will include a bow rail and a hard top but that will come with time.

Gday all i have a bit of a conundrum with my boat it is a 6.8m bayshore aluminium hull with a 225hp yammie 4stroke which is currently running a 19 pitch prop i currently get 40knots out of it which i am happy with but i am only getting 4900rpm maximum  should i stay with this configuration or drop to a 17 pitch prop and get more revs out of it and maybe a little bit more top end speed . also would changing the prop and ramping up the revs  make that big of a difference to my fuel economy .

Cheers Carry

Hi fellas,

Just wondering if anyone could tell me where the leak would be coming from in the below pictures..... It seems to be coming from where the steer wheel pump mounts to the console.... has anyone had any experience re-sealing these? do you have to time them or anything when you pull them apart?

Any info would be great!!

 Hey everyone,

after some advice, I recently changed the prop on my o/b and it went from 24 knots at 5700rpm to 24 knots at 4900rpm, it's the same prop and was the one recommended, but it didn't have any more in it though, it was choppy and windy today when testing it, the only thing I have done is fixed the speedo pipe and connected that and cleaned the hole for the speedo out would this change the rpm reading at all? 

Any advice appreciated 

I know its a long shot....but Is there anyone that I can borrow a Yamaha 4 blade 18inch Prop for a boat test.

The motor is a 2006 250hp yamaha 4 stroke

Perth Area

Thanks Dougie 0417961223

is it possible to install flush mount speakers in an aluminium boat? (Like 6" marine speakers). Is there an issue with the speakers accelerating corrosion of the hull? Or issues with the aluminium vibrating with the speakers? Or can I just cut a hole where I want the speakers and screw them in? 

Any suggestions for the cheapest place to buy marine stereo equipment would be welcome. I am looking at elite-electronics.com.au - does anybody have any experience with them? 

Well its finally started, after over a year of problems with the old Volvo engine and leg causing much pain...not to mention the minister of finance complaining about the ongoing repair bill (and donations to sea rescue) The conversion has started. Will keep putting pictures up as the build moves along. I'm happy with the progress made so far....let me know what you guys think.

Hi guys, after selling my haines I'm in the market for a CC between 18-21ft (still do a bit of solo fishing) with a glass preference and second hand for this price.  I enjoy my sports fishing so GT and top water as well as jogging / trolling.  Don't hold it against me but I'm on the east coast near brisbane so a boat that can handle itself offshore as well as being suitable for bay work.

Keen to hear your thoughts / recommendations. Cheers

Hi can anyone tell me where I can rent/borrow or buy a flywheel puller for my 1977 1150

dont really want to pay $80 from ebay for one use.

cheers

Hi I was just wondering if anyone knows if 1977 mercury 1500 carbys are the same as 76 1150 carbys

but with different jets and such they have different numbers on outside 1500 is wmk-22 and 1150 is wmk-15

any help is greatly appreciated

Have searched everywhere but cannot find a match for my hull.

Can anyone tell me what/who/when this was made.
Has some serious custom bowsprit and bow rail work done.

The profile of hull is pretty unique, need to register it so would be nice to know.

 Hi guys,

Had a look at an ali boat today it looked like a fairly solidly built boat but the bottom of the hull looked like it had quite a few large dents in it and looked like it was almost wavy? Not sure if this is normal for ali (have only had a glass boat) but I thought it should be fairly straight. The trailer also looked like it wasnt properly setup so all the weight was sitting on the keel, not sure if I should ask the guy if I can have a look under the floor for any broken welds etc or if i should just walk away. I was looking for ali so it could handle a bit of rough handling but is there a point where hull damage will effect performance? The rest of the boat is in fairly good condition for a 10 year old boat and it has what looks like a decent 4 stroke on the back.