Just need to make sure I outfit boat with the essentials.
Yes, beer holders and a cooler should complete the really important stuff.
Then you can waste your money on things like bilge pumps, depth sounders and life jackets.
Just need to make sure I outfit boat with the essentials.
A buddy of mine has a 17' V with an old Mercury on it and still hauls 3 300lbs guys at 25mph up stream. Haha.
Holy cow! Does he hang out with NFL linebackers?
Edit: Just checked, NFL linebackers only average ~245 pounds!
I thought you mentioned earlier that this Suzuki motor has "battery-less" electronic fuel injection. But it does need a battery for other things?Sorry.... didn't get any pics hooked up to CX... it was raining a pretty good clip.
I will get some though. That Suzuki is one sweet motor though.. it just purrs at an idle and is dead quiet. It seems be a "very" well engineered motor. It has electric start with recoil backup as well as power tilt/trim. Pretty much a fully decked 20HP.
Dealer had it in a small tank behind boat to go over operation after getting all paperwork out of the way.
For WA residents I bought from Master Marine Services in Mt Vernon. Very positive transaction.
The motor does have a very specific break-in routine that spans 10 hours at different loads and throttle limits. A 20 hour oil/filter change and then each 100 hours thereafter.
I once had a 12' semi-vhull /w 7.5 motor for fishing. It was a lot of fun. Learned a few lessons:
o Practice removing prop and brass shank before going out, take spare brass shanks cause you will shear one when prop hits something.
o Take a spare set of clothes in sealed plastic bag, cause someone will tip boat eventually and send you over the side.
o Be careful, unintended things seem to happen launching a boat.
o Use parking brake when launching and do not dunk your diff if AWD.
o Double check motor mount before launching, or motor could end up in lake.
o Don't forget you are towing a boat when on the road, its easy to do.
Ended up towing it behind the Explorer... didn't want immerse CX-5 in semi-salt water yet.
35 mile ride yesterday... only on plane a little bit so fuel economy could be better but still only burned shy of two gallons of gas. 2/3 throttle gets around 20MPH so close to 30MPH at full throttle is probably doable. Just a few pics... a little cooler yesterday than I expected. We were out for about 5 hours. The Suzuki is an awesome little motor and boat has lots of room.