1996 Privateer Renegade I/O to Outboard Conversion
Bracket (Stainless Marine) and leaning towards a single 300 Zuke.
Shrink wrap is tight to the garage .....
MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
I currently have a 2008 140 hp on my 21 Steiger. It's been pleasure to own, run and maintain (oil, filters, waterpump). When I was looking back in 2008, I read some of the Chesapeake watermen had in excess of 6000 hrs on them. It is so quiet that I have hit the key to start it a few times when it was already running. I had a really bad experience with Yamaha customer service regarding a 2001 80hp carburated 4 stroke.
The 140 is the highest hp outboard I have ever owned.
The 140 is the highest hp outboard I have ever owned.
“The greatest things ever done on earth have been done little by little"
CaptainOriginal Crew2,530 postsSince 2018
Thanks guys ....
Sometimes I wonder if that Yammie "Run it wide open" mantra is a carry over from their 2-stroke days. No one is going to convince me that constantly running a 4-stoke at 6000 rpms is going to give it a longer life as opposed to running easy. I do believe in goosing it up for a minute or two on the way in .......
Damned if I know, but since I live near the head of the harbor and do most of my fishing within 500 yds from my dock, I can go for days without getting to a place that I can open it up, either because I'm in No Wake Zones or I'm trying to sneak up on fish in shallow water. I'm so anal about stealth I don't even use the depth finder in 'da Hood. I'll just make it a practice to head out into the Bay and take a lap around some islands with the motor running at 4600 - 4800...
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
you guys bringing these boats down here?
I'll be your best friend.............................
😉
Why? You sold your boat!!
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
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Thanks guys ....
Sometimes I wonder if that Yammie "Run it wide open" mantra is a carry over from their 2-stroke days. No one is going to convince me that constantly running a 4-stoke at 6000 rpms is going to give it a longer life as opposed to running easy. I do believe in goosing it up for a minute or two on the way in .......
First MateOriginal Crew641 postsSince 2019
Why? You sold your boat!!
'cause I was too intimidated to operate it - no issues going out with others & split the costs - actually guy I sold it to is planning on taking me out on me own former boat
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
'cause I was too intimidated to operate it - no issues going out with others & split the costs - actually guy I sold it to is planning on taking me out on me own former boat
Guess this just does not compute. Retired person living in a very boat friendly area with tons of navigational aids and gentle sea and current conditions felt intimidated? You might have kept her considering you've overcome the initial barrier of actually buying a very suitable craft. You could have gone to local CG Auxiliary seamanship and boating courses and/or hired a local captain to hop aboard and go out with you a few times, including on some snotty days. For all of us, a new boat is like a new spouse, you need how to make her purr and what things will make her turn on you like a harpy.
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
you guys bringing these boats down here?
I'll be your best friend.............................
😉
MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
Guess this just does not compute. Retired person living in a very boat friendly area with tons of navigational aids and gentle sea and current conditions felt intimidated? You might have kept her considering you've overcome the initial barrier of actually buying a very suitable craft. You could have gone to local CG Auxiliary seamanship and boating courses and/or hired a local captain to hop aboard and go out with you a few times, including on some snotty days. For all of us, a new boat is like a new spouse, you need how to make her purr and what things will make her turn on you like a harpy.
never operated a boat before
don't know the waters
don't know where I should or where I shouldn't go
Chesapeake is a HUGE body of water
I'm 67
by the time I figure all of that out I'll be well into my 70's
intimidated
period - end of story
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
A little more progress .....
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looks cozy - surviving the wind you're getting?
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
looks cozy - surviving the wind you're getting?
never operated a boat before
don't know the waters
don't know where I should or where I shouldn't go
Chesapeake is a HUGE body of water
I'm 67
by the time I figure all of that out I'll be well into my 70's
intimidated
period - end of story
OMG !!!! What's yer point Larry ? "don't know the waters, don't know where I should or where I shouldn't go, Chesapeake is a HUGE body of water, I'm 67". None of those are valid points for not being on the water. Buy a chart and study it. Then buy a cheepo plotter and set it up next to your Easy chair and have at it. It's really quite interesting. Of course when you get comfortable with it you'll be out there looking for another Boat !!!. Maybe start with a kayak 🙂 .
Sorry for the derail Cappy, just trying to get the youngster squared away. 😊
Tell your Children every day that you love them
I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
All that matters in the end is that we Loved
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
I was so poor growing up, if i were not a boy i would have had Nothing to play with !! :)
All that matters in the end is that we Loved
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,182 postsSince 2018
OMG !!!! What's yer point Larry ? "don't know the waters, don't know where I should or where I shouldn't go, Chesapeake is a HUGE body of water, I'm 67". None of those are valid points for not being on the water. Buy a chart and study it. Then buy a cheepo plotter and set it up next to your Easy chair and have at it. It's really quite interesting. Of course when you get comfortable with it you'll be out there looking for another Boat !!!. Maybe start with a kayak 🙂 .
Sorry for the derail Cappy, just trying to get the youngster squared away. 😊
and how long have you been operating a boat?
regarding youngster - we're the same ago there Don - you've probably been operating a boat for most of your life - so at 67 easy peazy - I have never operated a boat & unfortunately never will
if I was still up up Long Island - different story - I pretty much know those waters from fishing on friends boats
"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
You tell em Larry, it’s not for everyone. That the best advice to give anyone considering buying and operating a boat for the first time. Go on a friends boat, team up with a friend and help with the costs and more importantly cleaning the boat after using when you get back to the dock. See if you really like the sport. You tried it and was lucky to buy n sell pretty easily.
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,902 postsSince 2018
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and how long have you been operating a boat?
regarding youngster - we're the same ago there Don - you've probably been operating a boat for most of your life - so at 67 easy peazy - I have never operated a boat & unfortunately never will
if I was still up up Long Island - different story - I pretty much know those waters from fishing on friends boats
First MateOriginal Crew641 postsSince 2019
Oh shoot, didn’t realize this was Capt.13 thread about his boat. I’m sorry.
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,902 postsSince 2018
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1996 Privateer Renegade I/O to Outboard Conversion