Gilbert, I am fishing a relative's boat that has an eight horse Yamaha, and I like it much better than the eight horse Honda that I use on my Catalina and fishing boat. Smoother throttle, quieter, with no change in RPM when steering. My Honda will change RPM when tiller steering. I also like the location of the Yamaha shift lever. Very easy to get to.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Landin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:55 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: More about the 4-stroke > Man all this talk of motors. I have a 4 hp mariner that I have had since my > 22' pearson. I bought it used 5years ago and have done the regular > maintenance, I have stripped it and put it back together and was totally > comfortable w/ its operations. A couple of weeks ago I was preparing for a > haul-out and put the motor on a stand in my backyard. Well I'll be darned if > some lowlife SOB stole both my Mariner and a new (to me) johnson 6 seahorse > that I had been salivating to try on my M17, from my backyard. I am still > livid this has caused a domino effect since I no longer have a motor, I am > stalled on my haul-out and I watch longinly at the other boats in the water. > Just makes me mad to think of the time, effort, and money you put into > something just to have another subhuman take advantage. Pant, pant...... > there I vented................So go out and buy transom locks ( had one) and > use them!! I got lazy and paid the price... > > PS > > Since I am now in need of a new(to me) motor I have been following the > threads on 4-stroke and read the comparison on the MSOG site pretty > informative. I had called some of the local dealers and found a brand new > yamah BF6 2003 model for a little over $1k that seemed pretty inexpensive > compared to the Hondas has anyone tried one of these? > > Gilbert > 1976 M17 > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
