off season repairs planning.

[Jimmyfiretruck]

twins is more so to be able to get back from 60 miles off shore in the event of an engine failure.

Motor failures are extremely rare , on new 4 stroke motors.maintenance plays a
Roll, along with having everything set up correctly - often times, boat owners have a habit of falling into “overestimating their own abilities” - that’s where a whole lot of problems begin…
If it were me, I wouldn’t do twins - not worth it.

 

[SkunkBoat]

Fact- Twins ALWAYS make it more manueverable when docking. They will be 28" on center like every other twin OB.

Opinion-
Kind of right at that border...you can't put twin 200s twin 150s are less efficient than a single 300
I don't think I would put new twins on an old 24'er. Not a good value proposition. Inefficient. More cost, maintenance, weight, gas.
A 24 will do well with a single 300. (not saying I would never BUY one with twins)

There is nothing wrong with running 60 or 90 miles on a newer well maintained single that you trust. I've done it many times in the past. It'll be a lot cheaper than twins. And that matters with $5.50 gas.
Twins just double the chance of a problem.

 

[SkunkBoat]

Scuppers-

I'm not in the camp of utter panic over a deck drain thruhull at or slightly below the waterline when heavy with gas and at rest.
If there is a flapper and good drop in the hose, the deck remains dry.
When you have forward motion the waterline drops behind the boat and you can clear a deck of water fast.
I have a 265 with a tailgate. Early on my dumbass brother had us in reverse against a tight 2-3ft chop to try to hold us over a wreck. I said "Thats stupid"...We took a good one and the tailgate dropped and I was standing in 6" of water. A little fwd throttle and it all ran out pretty quickly. (We learned to bungee the tailgate after that)

For godsake if you are reading this and have OEM 20 year old hoses replace them NOW!

I have 4 deck drain thruhulls on my 265 that are wet when I'm heavy with gas. I have 5 other thruhulls that are always underwater.
I worry more about hitting a log in the dark at 28 mph

You should carry nerf plugs that can block any thruhull.

 

[Jimmyfiretruck]

ANY thru hull, at or below the waterline, require a positive shut off. That is the code , USCG CFR ABYC


you’ll NEVER pivot that boat, with 28” center to center motors, like a twin inboard boat - end of story…believing it will, that’s a fairy tale


dumping the deck - it’s easy with a notched transom , little difficult with a eruro transom or full transom with a bracket - you’re relying on scuppers to drain that water…


being in the marine repair buisness for as long as I have - you would never believe the things I’ve seen and what people do - 20yr old dry rotted hoses are common place. Those dry rotted fuel fill and vent hoses are the ones that scare me …

 

[glacierbaze]

Skunk, what five through hulls are always underwater? You must have through hull transducers. The only one I can think of on my seafarer, that is underwater on plane, is my macerator discharge.
My transom scuppers, and my Garboard drain, are under water in the slip. I don’t worry as much about leakage or drainage, as I do about someone building the boat having a brain fart, and not properly sealing the penetration through the wood transom.

 

[SkunkBoat]

you’ll NEVER pivot that boat, with 28” center to center motors, like a twin inboard boat - end of story…believing it will, that’s a fairy tale

Not like twin inboards, for sure, but it works. i do it all the time backing into my slip.
You have to have them all the way down and straight...hand off the wheel.
With inboards you usually just need the shifters at idle speed. With OBs you need some throttle

 

[SkunkBoat]

Skunk, what five through hulls are always underwater? You must have through hull transducers. The only one I can think of on my seafarer, that is underwater on plane, is my macerator discharge.
My transom scuppers, and my Garboard drain, are under water in the slip. I don’t worry as much about leakage or drainage, as I do about someone building the boat having a brain fart, and not properly sealing the penetration through the wood transom.

shit tank in and out, livewell, washdown, transducer...Garboard...shit...6

 

[Jimmyfiretruck]

Not like twin inboards, for sure, but it works. i do it all the time backing into my slip.
You have to have them all the way down and straight...hand off the wheel.
With inboards you usually just need the shifters at idle speed. With OBs you need some throttle

Not like a twin inboard …

inboards - use a little throttle to spin quicker …

ran them all - twin outboards on a bracket , the transom are too close together to spin the boat - cat hulls are a little different …
Just won’t handle like twin inboards - big difference …