The Binman
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Anyone got any experience of little Hardys and their planing capabilities.
The gearbox on my Hardy Navigator has given up the ghost and I am faced with some alternatives. (Mercury 90 hp 1994 vintage)
Find a s/h replacement bottom end,(probably cheapest option)
Repair the insides, (probably not cost effective)
Replace the engine complete. (Probably favourite)
My question is this.
I have read elsewhere that some have had problems getting the Hardy on to the plane with the normal 50 ish hp usually fitted to this boat. I have heard all about"DoelPhins" etc.
With the 90, it has always got on to the plane easily, even pulling a skier or two! (Kids! what can you do?)
Yes I know that the 90 is probably over the top for this boat but I have to say it performed very well and was fine for my purposes.
If I go for a good a secondhand two stroke 50 or 60 hp engine what will the performance be like?
(Trying to find canopy sticks suddenly seems not to matter so much!!)
The gearbox on my Hardy Navigator has given up the ghost and I am faced with some alternatives. (Mercury 90 hp 1994 vintage)
Find a s/h replacement bottom end,(probably cheapest option)
Repair the insides, (probably not cost effective)
Replace the engine complete. (Probably favourite)
My question is this.
I have read elsewhere that some have had problems getting the Hardy on to the plane with the normal 50 ish hp usually fitted to this boat. I have heard all about"DoelPhins" etc.
With the 90, it has always got on to the plane easily, even pulling a skier or two! (Kids! what can you do?)
Yes I know that the 90 is probably over the top for this boat but I have to say it performed very well and was fine for my purposes.
If I go for a good a secondhand two stroke 50 or 60 hp engine what will the performance be like?
(Trying to find canopy sticks suddenly seems not to matter so much!!)
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