Our boating group is my daughter and SIL in their 21 Sanger, a buddy and his family in a Chris Craft 25’ Corsair (Volvo 8.2/duoprop), his son...
I’ve just been told by a Lyman enthusiast that he believes the Lyman Biscayne is a semi-displacement design and not meant to plane easily. I’m not...
I was speaking about 25-30 mph cruise. So 22-26 knots. So not fast-fast, just enough to keep up with the group that we boat with pretty much every...
I agree, and I’m looking but they’re hard to find.
Yes, those are two samples of what I’m looking at. Inboard, direct drive low-to-mid 200 HP. IMO, there isn’t a whole lot of weight reduction to...
I really like the styling of the Lyman Biscayne but want a boat that can cruise comfortably at 25-30 without having to firewall the engine. The...
If the portlight failed wouldn’t the hull be intact? Or visa-versa? Once one component failed wouldn’t the pressure be instantly equalized...
Very interesting. I’d never seen the Hull Vane system. This looks like it could have been a solution for my 36’ Tiara Open which always felt like...
They now think that the implosion was on Sunday during the initial decent. The “banging” noises that were heard appear to be an unrelated natural...
Implode, not explode. And I agree with Fallguy; this should have been tested to failure. Multiple times. Especially in a situation where lives are...
I would be curious as to how much the static water line changes when you reduce/relocate battery weight. I would think this would be a greater...
I tried to find this standard on-line and I believe what Ike referenced applies to pontoons below 20’. Above 20’ it states “shall be determined by...
So using this formula for the 32’ x 36” pontoon in question, I come out with approx. 195 hp. Let’s call it 200 hp. So now I’m wondering if this...
That’s what I thought. And now I've met someone with almost the same boat, (36” pontoons vs 30” I was quoted) and he can’t break 15 mph with a...
U-Fab told me that a 36’ x 12’ pontoon boat with 2- 30” pontoons should be able to do 30 knots with 2- 50hp outboards. This is with a 2700 lb...
Interesting. I wonder why this isn’t the standard now.
I just met a guy at Lake Tahoe that has a U-Fab pontoon boat. It’s 32’ long and 12’ wide with 2- 36” diameter round pontoons. We started to talk...
I received the OEM Installation Manual and while it has all of the information required to perform an installation per Mercruiser specifications...
I have the two volume genuine Mercruiser Service Manual specific to my engine serial number and there are no installation specs. Not even a...
Thanks for the info. I found a 1988 Mercruiser “OEM manual” that has installation drawings for the entire line of that year. My preliminary...
