Wife spotted it on the way home from the coast Monday, July 21, I went back and bought it Tuesday. Very clean 2000 model, just on the lot a few hours. I bought it quickly, after cranking it, and running a compression test, because it was a drive, and the bank was closing in an hour. Daughter and SIL were using our place at the coast for a week, so I just parked it in the driveway and left. Got to visit it again Friday and Saturday.
Friday afternoon was clean and inspect day.
Yamaha 225 HPDI. Hours unknown. Clean, cranks easily. Compression 117-118 across the board.
Cabin was full of cushions, canvas, etc. Full set of cushions, don't look like they have been used. Full enclosure, excellent canvas, with all isinglass recently replaced, and a new backdrop.
Got all that out, to see what was underneath. The stbd window was not latched at the back corner, and a long term drip had caused the upholstery on the side cushion to rot along the gusset. I knew there was a porta potti under there, figured it was manual pump and dump, but it has a working macerator set up, with a Y-valve, a pump out in the starboard walk around, and an overboard discharge below the water line.
Took it out in the sound Saturday. Has a pronounced vibration at around 1500 rpms, that goes away above that. Have some other props that I will try this week-end, and hopefully cure the vibration. This is the same hull as my '93
Tournament, with the motor on the transom, but the bracket makes it a different ride, in a good way.
Choppy day, and the tabs weren't working. One was slightly down, so I had a permanent list. No electronics, but the Yamaha gauges said 30mph/4000rpms and 43/5400. Quick to plane, and surprisingly quiet for a 2 stroke.
My first outboard with power steering. Sea Star, tilt wheel, and Edsen knob, which always seemed to be in the way. Not enough seat slide to get away from it.
A few questions.
Tabs don't work. Bennett hydraulic. Power at the fuse block connection, and at the rocker switches. Clean HPU, with fluid, located high and dry under the stbd v-berth. I could only get one hand on the plug, so I didn't have time to test for power there. I have Tabman's troubleshooting guide, for testing everything, just need time. Does anyone have an on/off switch for the tabs on a GW? I had one on my Parker, b/c I powered them from an un-used circuit breaker.
I have 3 open ACC breakers, but none of them power the tabs.
Water fill. Just a spin off cap, with a chain, like the gas fill. I was expecting a connection. Do you just shove a hose in there past the chain, and let it run?
Access to thru hulls and pumps. I figured that one out in about 39 seconds. You hinge the live well at the bottom front, to swing forward, or remove completely, and you have access. How about it, Grady White?
Pumps work, but are probably original. Rule 1100 fore and aft, and Rule 800 live well.
Connection is rusted/corroded off for the seacock handle/ pushrod. My arms are about 2 feet short. I guess that is those "pull the live well, stand on your head", threads that I have seen here? Is there any working room over the rear of the fuel tank, if you pull the deck hatch over it?
I have to replace some old electronics. I saw cables running from the lower box into the starboard gunnel, just inside the plexi door. I didn't trace them from there, but it looked tight. Do you guys run them to the transom under the gunnels, or is there a serviceable rigging tube/tubes.
More to see and do this week-end. Usually gorgeous weather behind a tropical storm.
Anyone have a source for a good cover, that fits under the hard top, not over? I prefer a material like rip stop, that I can cram into a stuff sack, rather than a heavier material, like Sunbrella.
Friday afternoon was clean and inspect day.
Yamaha 225 HPDI. Hours unknown. Clean, cranks easily. Compression 117-118 across the board.
Cabin was full of cushions, canvas, etc. Full set of cushions, don't look like they have been used. Full enclosure, excellent canvas, with all isinglass recently replaced, and a new backdrop.
Got all that out, to see what was underneath. The stbd window was not latched at the back corner, and a long term drip had caused the upholstery on the side cushion to rot along the gusset. I knew there was a porta potti under there, figured it was manual pump and dump, but it has a working macerator set up, with a Y-valve, a pump out in the starboard walk around, and an overboard discharge below the water line.
Took it out in the sound Saturday. Has a pronounced vibration at around 1500 rpms, that goes away above that. Have some other props that I will try this week-end, and hopefully cure the vibration. This is the same hull as my '93
Tournament, with the motor on the transom, but the bracket makes it a different ride, in a good way.
Choppy day, and the tabs weren't working. One was slightly down, so I had a permanent list. No electronics, but the Yamaha gauges said 30mph/4000rpms and 43/5400. Quick to plane, and surprisingly quiet for a 2 stroke.
My first outboard with power steering. Sea Star, tilt wheel, and Edsen knob, which always seemed to be in the way. Not enough seat slide to get away from it.
A few questions.
Tabs don't work. Bennett hydraulic. Power at the fuse block connection, and at the rocker switches. Clean HPU, with fluid, located high and dry under the stbd v-berth. I could only get one hand on the plug, so I didn't have time to test for power there. I have Tabman's troubleshooting guide, for testing everything, just need time. Does anyone have an on/off switch for the tabs on a GW? I had one on my Parker, b/c I powered them from an un-used circuit breaker.
I have 3 open ACC breakers, but none of them power the tabs.
Water fill. Just a spin off cap, with a chain, like the gas fill. I was expecting a connection. Do you just shove a hose in there past the chain, and let it run?
Access to thru hulls and pumps. I figured that one out in about 39 seconds. You hinge the live well at the bottom front, to swing forward, or remove completely, and you have access. How about it, Grady White?
Pumps work, but are probably original. Rule 1100 fore and aft, and Rule 800 live well.
Connection is rusted/corroded off for the seacock handle/ pushrod. My arms are about 2 feet short. I guess that is those "pull the live well, stand on your head", threads that I have seen here? Is there any working room over the rear of the fuel tank, if you pull the deck hatch over it?
I have to replace some old electronics. I saw cables running from the lower box into the starboard gunnel, just inside the plexi door. I didn't trace them from there, but it looked tight. Do you guys run them to the transom under the gunnels, or is there a serviceable rigging tube/tubes.
More to see and do this week-end. Usually gorgeous weather behind a tropical storm.
Anyone have a source for a good cover, that fits under the hard top, not over? I prefer a material like rip stop, that I can cram into a stuff sack, rather than a heavier material, like Sunbrella.
