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well I motored to westpark under new flash volvo 20 with all the bells and whistles, sat on 8.5knts in the sweet spot ( my god way over powered ) the boat draged its arse and you could have probibly just surfed the transom wave. 25 hours old, the volvo was pull and went to a more fitting home.

PT owners motor choice was a tohatsu 18hp 2 stroke from cams automotive & mirine, we fitted a 4 blade high thrust prop as well. now the motor was brand new and had to be run on an oily mix, I was told load is ok but don't ring it. so off back to town i go motor sounding sweet, no water backwash up well no transom drag, just a flat clean wake. I hadn't conected the instuments back up, so grabed my gps out of my bag and 9.2knts over ground with ease. ok there may have been a bit of tide but I must say I was impressed considering the motor had lot more availble.

got to westhaven and tried reverse etc oposite A pier prior to docking, and yes its a great prop as well. So cat 1 may be an issue, but i'm sure the set up would easily get cat 2 , key start , remote throttle, perminent home etc etc and just a string for up and down.

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I forgot to add as with waka the motor can be easily removed without removeing the carrier. just with pt you've got to drop the hull plate to pull the carrier ( only 6 machine skrews )

Now regarding cat 1 thunder has a retacting outboard set up in the cabin 25hp 4 stroke from memory - someone should ask Brian what the issues were are if any getting cat 1

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with pt there was close to 9ltrs of water, I hollowed the hull plate aft for water flow and had it set so it could syphon. do'nt know if it did or not. but even with the 9ltrs/ kgs of water they were still better by miles on the diesel weight/ drag

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typically no, pt has about 250mm of hull rocker so I guess the water pump would just be out and the top of the prop. We set up remote flush kits so you can attach the hose and give them a rinse.

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That looks like a bit of me.

 

So the whole bracket/outboard is raised via a tackle system, it that all?

And does it get 'locked up' or just hang off the tackle system?

 

Out with the chainsaw and pink bog :)

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For thiose that have these systems, how do you find the noise? I've been on a couple of boats with these and they seem to make alot of noise, vibration and fuss for the amount of go they have?

 

Perfect idea for a 30ft boat though!

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From me to. It has helped clear the mind of some rather weird ideas.

 

Now have to tweak my mold but that's ok. All for the greater good.

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