Gilbert, I have a Yamaha 4-stroker 4hp. I motor-sailed to catalina the other week with Potter Group. GPS registered 36 miles one way and used 1.5 gallons of fuel. I opened about 1/5 of the throttle (at the "red rabit" mark) and already pushed my M15 at hull speed (6 mph on GPS). It was relatively quiet and reliable and controls well. I love it. Sometimes, though, I wonder if this O.B. is overkill for M15? Fuh-Shing

From: "Steve & Diana Parsons" <sparsons@canby.com> Reply-To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats"<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: More about the 4-stroke Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:46:33 -0700

Gilbert,

I am fishing a relative's boat that has an eight horse Yamaha, and I like it much better than the eight horse Honda that I use on my Catalina and fishing boat. Smoother throttle, quieter, with no change in RPM when steering. My Honda will change RPM when tiller steering. I also like the location of the Yamaha shift lever. Very easy to get to.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Landin" <gilbert@mindgame.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:55 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: More about the 4-stroke

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Man all this talk of motors. I have a 4 hp mariner that I have had since my 22' pearson. I bought it used 5years ago and have done the regular maintenance, I have stripped it and put it back together and was totally comfortable w/ its operations. A couple of weeks ago I was preparing for a haul-out and put the motor on a stand in my backyard. Well I'll be darned if some lowlife SOB stole both my Mariner and a new (to me) johnson 6 seahorse that I had been salivating to try on my M17, from my backyard. I am still livid this has caused a domino effect since I no longer have a motor, I am stalled on my haul-out and I watch longinly at the other boats in the water. Just makes me mad to think of the time, effort, and money you put into something just to have another subhuman take advantage. Pant, pant...... there I vented................So go out and buy transom locks ( had one) and use them!! I got lazy and paid the price...

PS

Since I am now in need of a new(to me) motor I have been following the threads on 4-stroke and read the comparison on the MSOG site pretty informative. I had called some of the local dealers and found a brand new yamah BF6 2003 model for a little over $1k that seemed pretty inexpensive compared to the Hondas has anyone tried one of these?

Gilbert 1976 M17

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