Boat Show

[mimico_polak]

Alright, I’m in.

 

[TK4]

We have a mixed bag of Honda and Yamaha motors , I'm going to say the Yamahas have been less trouble than the Hondas , actually the weak link is the shifters not the actual motor. I personally own Suzuki, and just bought another at the show simply on price point and value . Long term will tell.

My experiences with all 3 echo yours. Suzuki is best bang for buck, but Yamahas are tough as nails.

 

[crankcall]

Zillion years ago I had family working at OMC in Peterborough ,so all our cottage boats were evinrude or Johnson. Yes if was a different era but Johnson trained a lot of boaters to be mechanics .
The Japanese outboards , especially now with electronic FI and cable less engine controls are just a delight . It just works .


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[TK4]

Zillion years ago I had family working at OMC in Peterborough ,so all our cottage boats were evinrude or Johnson. Yes if was a different era but Johnson trained a lot of boaters to be mechanics .
The Japanese outboards , especially now with electronic FI and cable less engine controls are just a delight . It just works .

Back around 2008 when the economy was going down the dumpster, Suzuki decided to get out of the car and marine business in North America. GM was already selling rebadged cars but was having their own problems and said no thanks.
OMC was selling rebadged Suzukis as Johnsons and agreed to the rollover. Then BRP bought OMC (Johnson/Evinrude) and closed the doors on Johnson. Suzuki stayed and since then have picked up a lot of the slack.
Fly-by-wire on everything except the small portables is truly amazing. Fuel economy and emissions have improved exponentially through EFI - welcome to the future.

 

[GreyGhost]

Back around 2008 when the economy was going down the dumpster, Suzuki decided to get out of the car and marine business in North America. GM was already selling rebadged cars but was having their own problems and said no thanks.
OMC was selling rebadged Suzukis as Johnsons and agreed to the rollover. Then BRP bought OMC (Johnson/Evinrude) and closed the doors on Johnson. Suzuki stayed and since then have picked up a lot of the slack.
Fly-by-wire on everything except the small portables is truly amazing. Fuel economy and emissions have improved exponentially through EFI - welcome to the future.

Brp used to produce tech books that contained many of the research papers they were using in engine design. Cool stuff in there (like fluid modeling of inside of combustion chamber to work on stratified charge for emissions and fiel economy). I have one of the last ones before they bailed.

 

[crankcall]

We are working this winter on a Perry 59 , it’s a one of custom build made 25yr a ago for a west coast couple , we raced it in Lake Ontario 4 yrs ago and won several bigger events with it , she now lives in Chicago, plan is to return to Tahiti with her . Turbo yanmar has a 200amp alternator that can be disabled when motoring , but replaces an onboard Gen set , the AIS system is integrated through the nema 2000 wireless network along with instruments and auto pilot (s) . The need for radar is now redundant (mostly) and the integration of wireless means about 400ft of wire comes out of the boat . The Yanmar is fly by wire , you can run the engine standing on the bow . It was unobtainium 10 yrs ago


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[crankcall]

And this am the wire transfer came through for our powerboat , tbe chriscraft 34 . Indeed a happy day , she is going to someplace on the Florida panhandle . US exchange buys a lot of boat up here and since she’s been freshwater all her life is a good buy . They are going to have the triaxle trailer serviced and 6 new tires before they take it home south. This will free up enough cash to pay for new fenders for the next boat.
Anybody that says they made money on a boat can’t do math or found 200lbs of cocaine under the seats .


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