secretagentmole
New Member
Hello one, hello all, I am Mike. My wife (Mary) and I own a Terhi 6020. I have done the RYA radio course so am licensed on the VHF. I have not done a boat handling course but I have been out in powered small boats since I was five and was trained how to use them by my father when I was 8 (I used to take the boat out whilst he rigged the rods up).
A few years ago we got a small (blasted tiny) Orkney Spinner and put a 4hp Yamaha on that. I had to do a few plug changes as I was used to 50 to 1 ratios and thought the Yamaha ran on that. When I eventually found out that it was a 100 to 1 mix life became a lot easier! At least the engine would not have seized!
We went from the Orkney to a Maylander project that we never completed (got a 25hp Johnson, full remotes, made cushions, just lost interest in her. She decided to get a smaller boat for inshore work but were sold one (new boat) that was no use for what we wanted (I said don't buy, she bought). We kept to the same manufacturer but went back to secondhand. We bought a Terhi 6020.
For those that do not know of the boat, these are made in Finland from ABS plastic, they are filled with water resisting buoyancy foam. To such an extent there is a video of two people in a Terhi (standard model nothing specially made), they chainsaw it in half and each row back! They claim they are unsinkable.
Well ours was used by a family in Scotland who outgrew it and wanted something with a cabin! It came with a huge (and I mean huge) Yamaha 3 cylinder 2 stroke 30hp outboard. This had manual lift. I use shallow tidal harbours so we needed something with power trim and tiller control. So we have a Tohatsu from Pacer that now graces the back (after heave ho and a hernia). This 25hp beaut has power lift and start (first time for this for me) and is tiller controlled.
The name of this fair craft? Named after the fish species my father holds the Wash area record for, Stingray!
A few years ago we got a small (blasted tiny) Orkney Spinner and put a 4hp Yamaha on that. I had to do a few plug changes as I was used to 50 to 1 ratios and thought the Yamaha ran on that. When I eventually found out that it was a 100 to 1 mix life became a lot easier! At least the engine would not have seized!
We went from the Orkney to a Maylander project that we never completed (got a 25hp Johnson, full remotes, made cushions, just lost interest in her. She decided to get a smaller boat for inshore work but were sold one (new boat) that was no use for what we wanted (I said don't buy, she bought). We kept to the same manufacturer but went back to secondhand. We bought a Terhi 6020.
For those that do not know of the boat, these are made in Finland from ABS plastic, they are filled with water resisting buoyancy foam. To such an extent there is a video of two people in a Terhi (standard model nothing specially made), they chainsaw it in half and each row back! They claim they are unsinkable.
Well ours was used by a family in Scotland who outgrew it and wanted something with a cabin! It came with a huge (and I mean huge) Yamaha 3 cylinder 2 stroke 30hp outboard. This had manual lift. I use shallow tidal harbours so we needed something with power trim and tiller control. So we have a Tohatsu from Pacer that now graces the back (after heave ho and a hernia). This 25hp beaut has power lift and start (first time for this for me) and is tiller controlled.
The name of this fair craft? Named after the fish species my father holds the Wash area record for, Stingray!
