3/16/2023 0 Comments Inboard to outboard conversion![]() Fog passes by a few minutes later and wait for the slack tide and home.What IF: I had a 9.9 Yamaha on the stern?I have to make a decision in the near future. Zig/Zag and find a lesser current area and manage to get along side the Island after an hour and into a small marine parks cove and anchor. and we are getting further away from the light house. Normally get about 4.5 kts motoring along and GPS says 0.0 kts. Trouble is sit and wait was about an hour and a half.Just as we got to the south end of Discovery Island the ebb tide was at its peak and that week the tides were probably the hightest we have had in a long time. Southern tip of San Juan, beautiful sunny day (no wind) and see a BIG fog bank coming in the Strait of Juna de Fuca. Five minute fix and OK.What IF: I had a 9.9 Yamaha on the stern?ij.Day 17 from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island back home to Oak Bay. Anchor out and stopped.Long and short of it is we had to cut the rode and buoy it and get a quick tow back to the wharf.Ŀound I had reverse but no forward so after pondering checked the Morse cable to the shift lever on the trans and sure enough the clamp had loosened a bit and moved an inch. Current turns us around and we almost make it right back into out previous docking spot but zip across the channel. Departed the dock at La Conner Washington (Wife now aboard so no longer alone)and about 600 feet down the channel against a 2.5 kt current the transmission goes "clunk-clunk". (Next project remove tank and boil out)What IF: A Yamaha 9.9 high thrust on a bracket attached to the stern?IJ. Drain, prime and bleed system and away at decent throttle.In short alea growing in the tank due to moisture. (No wind) Check Racor filter and note crap floating in it. Engine starts but only partial power and short time later stops. ![]() Added extra fuel that I carry even though tank was full the previous day. Blaine Washington to Anacortes on day 5 diesel slowed up for awhile and then stopped. Yes it has a Yanmar diesel, which only has 155 hours on a complete rebuild however I ran into three problems on a recent 17 day adventure.ı. I too am comtemplating adding an outboard to the stern of our '77 Catalina 30. ![]() Good luck either way!ĺllen Schweitzers/v Falstaffļ-30 Hull# 632 (Ok, it's probably going to be a C-34, but it's good to dream, right?!?)I never regret doing tasks right, especially when it comes to boating. I figure I'll get a lot of it back when I finally get that C-42 I've been dreaming about. I agonized over it before I did it, but I never regretted the decision. I bit the bullet and dropped $8,500 to put a fresh new yanmar in my C-30. Maybe stuff that will come up as one of those "surprises" 3 months after I buy it.I'm not saying it's an easy decision. Maybe stuff that isn't as obvious as an outboard bolted to the transom. I wonder what else didn't get fixed to original specs. as a prospective buyer, I wonder if maintenance was done properly. What about how the boat looks? What about resale value? Personally, when I look at "outboad conversion" boats I say to myself "there's an owner who wasn't afraid to cut corners to save a buck". You're going to have other issues to consider besides the prop lifting out of the water.What about charging batteries? Distributing weight aft will effect the sailing performance, too.
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