Search results

You have got to be kidding me. You guys playing footsie later on? By your logic Chuckie then no other thread other than this one should address throttle cable issues. One thread per topic.... better merge all the threads looking for new carpet into one thread then. What a joke. "Thanks for...

Re: Throttle cables questions.... It's interesting how changing one word of a search can provide all kinds of new information. In this case, when searching for Mercury Horizon 8.1S throttle cable, I changed "cable" to "linkage." Here is the second entry returned: Owner Sounds pretty familiar...

Re: Throttle cables questions.... That seems to be a question that needs to be answered JV'. Thanks for raising it here. Not can I have someone etc, but that the travel at the engine needs to be checked. Your post reminds me that elsewhere on the interweb that question was raised. I need to...

Throttle cables questions.... I have a similar thread in another section but I don't think that section gets read as much as this one so I'm asking here.... It's not uncommon for a throttle cable to stretch over time. If a throttle cable is stretched, can it manifest itself by not allowing the...

Trying to read as much as I can find but I can't find anything that pinpoints the issue. One entry which seemed to apply to the starboard issue said that if the throttle is all the way forward and rpm's back off immediately when pulling the throttle back then it's a cable issue. That's not my...

My port engine revs well above 4600, the starboard engine revs only to 4300. The engines are tuned and there's no prop or shaft damage. The port throttle lever continues to add revs as long as I want to keep pushing it forward...so 4750 is as high as I've tried it, and only once. The starboard...

Well...my bad! And if I'm going to make a mistake I'm glad it's one like this. It turns out the gear ratio is not 1.2 for the V-Drive on my boat. It's 2.0. Huge difference! The new slip numbers are all below 30% in the cruising range. Very nice!

Lol! Thanks Jim! Your intended use is similar to ours. I've been told a 30# thrust would be fine, but for the occasional choppy conditions or stronger current I would rather have the torque of a 55. The 55 draws about 48 amps at full throttle. A decent marine deep cycle battery will provide an...

That's good to hear about the noise. Maybe the video I heard was done with a phone. Phones amplify everything. Admittedly noise isn't the only factor, as you said they're pricey. Your point about the battery is a good one too. The Minn Kota battery box looks handy enough, but 50#'s is still...

Thanks Quint. Lazy' I watched a video either here or on THT and the Torqueedo sounds like a dentist's drill. Maybe worse. I really was excited about it until I heard it. And it's a bit pricey. The bulk of use, which might be once a month if that, will be in protected areas of Pine Island...

My use is ship-to-shore only. No putting around, no exploring. The usual distance is a few hundred yards in calm water. On a rare occasion there could be chop and the distance is a half mile. The dinghy is a roll-up 8'6", semi-rigid floor, no keel, non-planing, our passenger weight for two...

It's not a permanent coating and ultimately washes off with water.

It is generally accepted that planing cruisers typically experience 25%-35% prop slippage, pathetic - but it is what it is. Please correct me if I'm mistaken, I have the gear ratio for the Horizon 8.1S 370 hp with V-drives as 1.2:1. The props are the stock 4 blade NiBrAl 18x21's. Our boat...

We haven't used our cooktop yet, which isn't to say we won't, but I sure like the idea of a cutting board cover for it. The 340's have a cover that matches the counter which would be a perfect pattern for a cutting board.

Paulie your new setup is just like the one a 95' Trophy 2305 I had was. Excellent work. Just back from the boat a few days ago. Spent 5 days on it. High winds and rough water kept us at the dock for the entire time. All systems used as intended except the cooktop and #2. The cooktop because we...

Well this has just been an excellent read for me. I am enjoying every input. The diversity of answers is so cool. Regarding #2, like Scott I grew up before vacuflush and #2 on a boat wasn't even considered. As nasty as it might seem, it was wait or get in the water. That being said, I'm not...

Sexual innuendo aside... do you cook in your cabin? The truth is a lot of people neither cook in their cabin nor allow anyone to #2 in the head. It's a fact. So talk to me, even liveaboards and perhaps especially liveaboards, do you cook in your cabin?

X2! I need new ones, too, and didn't think to look in the parts manual. The 21's sound like a good idea.

X2 It looks like a speaker with sound waves leaving. It must be on or no stereo anywhere.

Just look at that beeeyootiful boat!!! Man that's sharp. Thanks Zorba that's what I was envisioning too when I posted last. Bimini's I've had on other boats folded back and rested on the frame with gravity keeping them in position, or folded all the way back. So when I told Rob in his earlier...