Bryan Allen
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Gathered all my prawn gear and got the boat ready for a ling and prawn feast
What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?
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Tomfoolery
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I installed Permatrim hydrofoils today today. I don't have tabs so am hoping that these keep my stern up a bit better when loaded so I can slow my planing speed down. I am hoping for a bit better fuel burn as well. I don't care about top end. I did up performance runs with a spreadsheet prior to install and I will do it again when I get her back in the water. It's going to be interesting to see what the numbers show.
Stizzla
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Whatcha got there for the boat and power? Looks pretty sweet
Tomfoolery
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It's a 24' Specmar 1147 with twin 150 Sea Pros. It's sweet... I like it!
Tomfoolery
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I will do an update once I get her back in the water.
Stizzla
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Yeah… you think?!
kaelc
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Took my Honda out for a very long sea trail. Never buy an engine without a warranty until you have run it up to temp, let it idle for a while and run it again. That was advice I needed for the first outboard I ever bought, so wouldn't sell one any other way. We ran from Esquimalt to 3 miles past Albert Head, started taking a few over the bow, so headed for home and struck a deal. We removed her and all the rigging in under 3 hours and loaded her in a pickup truck. If I had a hoist, I would be inspired enough to throw mine on with the help of a buddy but I'm going to try and be patient and hope my mechanic frees up.
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Tomfoolery
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That's a big transducer! I really want to upgrade my P66 for deep drop fishing but the things are just so dang expensive!
Derby
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worth every penny... a game changer when I got my one
Sir Reel
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Annual haul out for servicing, polishing, and waxing. Mechanic found some water in the stern drives so I have to replace the drive seals. I don't think they have ever been done so 20 years and 1500 hours not bad. Rubber just wears out and gets hard.
2 years ago had the bottom sanded down to gelcoat and then epoxy barrier coat with new Micron CSC. 2 years later and bottom is still good. Don't need to add paint. Was painting every year before as it was not really sticking to old bottom paint. Its a costly procedure but well worth it.
I do have to paint the drives every year.
For a 20 year old boat it sure shines up nice. Commander used top quality gelcoats.
2 years ago had the bottom sanded down to gelcoat and then epoxy barrier coat with new Micron CSC. 2 years later and bottom is still good. Don't need to add paint. Was painting every year before as it was not really sticking to old bottom paint. Its a costly procedure but well worth it.
I do have to paint the drives every year.
For a 20 year old boat it sure shines up nice. Commander used top quality gelcoats.
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kaelc
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Where did you find that out? It seems inconsistent in Suzuki's marketing if the vvt is in the Mechanical but it looks like it's definetly in the 150 fly by wire. Global shows Mechanical 150a having it, but Suzuki.ca only mentions it for the the 150ap fly by wire? https://www.globalsuzuki.com/marine...the engine to,enjoy the power and performance.
It is an Airmar that came with the boat, but I don't have it dialled in, the tag was missing, so I guessed which 1kw one it is in my Lowrance settings. You reminded me that an SFBC member is certified in Airmar. I need to get him to take a look. I can snap you a picture of how it is set up.
They come up used fairly often, and right now every eBay seller seems to be taking offers. I have a Garmin adapter cable for one if you need it!
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