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I'm accompanying my brother on the maiden voyage of his new boat which is a Maxim 17ft cuddy with a 100 hp Yamaha 4 stroke.
It's his first seagoing boat having had a Thames cruiser previously.
I actually bought it on his behalf as he was in Aus at the time.
It's a bit tired but my view is that it has good "bones".
The engine was what Mercury used in its first 4 strokes, Yamaha powerhead with Mercury leg etc.
I've had 2 of this style outboard - 75hp versions.
It's a carb engine but there is a receipt for ultrasonic cleaning a couple of years ago.
There is also a water/fuel seperator which I drained today. No water!
So I heard the engine run on muffs, into gear etc.
Leg oil is not milky, ditto engine oil.
The purpose of this trail is to see how the boat goes.
If all ok then he'll spend the winter servicing the engine and applying Silic One to the hull
It will be kept on the Hamble 365 days so it's a perfect match.
I'll try to attach a video of all goes well ...
Brownie points if you can guess what I paid within £500!!
It's his first seagoing boat having had a Thames cruiser previously.
I actually bought it on his behalf as he was in Aus at the time.
It's a bit tired but my view is that it has good "bones".
The engine was what Mercury used in its first 4 strokes, Yamaha powerhead with Mercury leg etc.
I've had 2 of this style outboard - 75hp versions.
It's a carb engine but there is a receipt for ultrasonic cleaning a couple of years ago.
There is also a water/fuel seperator which I drained today. No water!
So I heard the engine run on muffs, into gear etc.
Leg oil is not milky, ditto engine oil.
The purpose of this trail is to see how the boat goes.
If all ok then he'll spend the winter servicing the engine and applying Silic One to the hull
It will be kept on the Hamble 365 days so it's a perfect match.
I'll try to attach a video of all goes well ...
Brownie points if you can guess what I paid within £500!!
