Iwish to put a small outboard ontthe back with a tiller
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At what age should children/babies be allowed to ride in small flat boat?
11
Aug
What is the minimum age children should be to ride, with life vest, in a small, open flat boat, on a river? I recently witnessed an incident that could have easily resulted in tragedy. I passed another man in a narrow channel going in opposite direction. He made it thru channel and pulled aside to let us pass thru. The man was holding the tiller of his outboard motor AND holding a 1 year old baby. He motored into too shallow water, when the prop hit the sand, the boat seat, man and baby flipped over the back corner of the boat, into the water. The mother, who was sitting in front of boat, panicked and could not move. Before I could get my rig stopped and get into water to assist, the other man had already gotten to his feet, still holding the baby. Thankfully, he was only in about a foot of water. At what age should children be allowed to ride in a small open boat?
I guess I left out some important details. Baby WAS wearing a life jacket. I don’t know if it had a crotch strap. I was at NEAR IDLE speed, running Dead Slow, leaving no wake. The channel in the river is so narrow in one spot that two boats cannot pass simultaneously. Actually, it is due to an island in the middle. When the other boat passed thru the channel and steered over to let me in, he hit shallows of the island. “Stopping” my boat consisted of flicking my kill switch, dropping anchor or tying up to keep my boat from drifting away with MY passengers.
still looking for the none mororize device to move a small boat in shallow water?
28
Jul
I think it was manufactured sometime in the 1950’s ,It clamped to the transom of the boat and you moved the “tiller” from side to side propelling the boat I would like to find one for sell,proper name or maybe some place that manufactures them.
label parts of a skiff boat please?
14
May
can someone please label a picture of a skiff with the boat parts:
bow
rig
bit
thwart
skiff
hull
tiller
mast
Can anyone help me find replacement parts for a 1970 ranger sloop sail boat?
06
May
I need replacement wooden mast spreaders and a replacement wooden tiller handle (it snapped of at the socket)
Where can I buy a boat motor?
04
May
My brother wants a 50 horse boat motor with a tiller hand. I want to buy a good used one with low hours and an affordable price range. What’s the price range for a boat motor from 1985 onward? Where do I buy it? I know I am quite oblivious about these things. Please enlighten me.
Need the advice of a real boat mechanic…?
26
Apr
I’m working on a 1999 Mercury 25HP outboard tiller handle. Here are the symptoms… When cold It starts right up – it runs smooth, and runs strong. Then it dies and is very difficul to start again. You have to let it sit a couple of minutes. Then it starts, runs smooth, but dies right away. I rebuilt the carb and the fuel pump. I replaced the gas tank and fuel line with primer bulb so the fuel is fresh and clean. It has new spark plugs. Any ideas?
I’m working on a 1999 Mercury 25HP 2 stroke outboard tiller handle. Here are the symptoms… When cold It starts right up – it runs smooth, and runs strong. Then after about a minute it dies and is very difficul to start again. You have to let it sit a couple of minutes. Then it starts, runs smooth, but dies right away. It is not flooded at this point. I rebuilt the carb and the fuel pump thinking it was fuel related. (Did not notice anything unusual other than the idle screw was adjusted a little on the lean side, and the plugs were gapped incorrectly. I replaced the gas tank and fuel line and primer bulb and cleaned out the fuel filter so the fuel is fresh and clean. It has new spark plugs (gapped correctly). Its as if something electrical is working flawless when cold then heats up quickly and fails , but i’m not sure where to start with electrical checks. Connections are tight and corrosion free. Any ideas?
It does kind of slow down and then die rather than just immediately stop running. Before i rebuilt the fuel pump i noticed that the fuel line bulb was soft at the point of failure like the pump could not keep up, but the fuel pump rebuild corrected that.
More information: I inspected the two fuel line hoses (from the fuel inlet to the filter, and from the filter to the carb) and they do not appear dry cracked or damaged in any way. I don’t mind replacing them as preventive maintenance. Of course i did have to remove the fuel line to the carb when i rebuilt it and noticed that the tube from the carb makes a very snug connection with the fuel hose; and that eased my concerns some that only a glorified ty wrap is used to make the connection – something the book calls a ’stay strap’. Could these be allowing air into the system? And is there any problems with using a standard small mechanical hose clamp at these connections?
Also, there appears to be no antisiphoning valve external to the motor other than that in the primer bulb, but the bulb/fuel line assembly is new. What about the quick disconnects at the tank and the fuel inlet to the motor? Can these be defective? There are no gas leaks.
What’s easier driving a boat with a steering wheel or a tiller?
14
Apr
The tiller is the steering thing thats attached to some motors and has the throttle on it
How should I attach the sheet of a small boat to either the tiller or the rudder?
12
Apr
I have a 8′ Payson’s Ruben’s Nymph and would like to make my job sailing a little easier. I wonder if I could attach the sheet to the rudder or the tiller to lessen the strain. Let me know. Thanks, Tim Brown