Maverick Martin

Adam I wouldn't rush out and get a stainless prop if I were you. The performance benefit on a 60 will not be that noticable, the durability is worth considering though. Certainly keep your eyes open for a second hand bargain. Martin

Cheers Mike our own wind guru Martin

Duncan is correct on all counts. The bigger the engine the bigger the benefit. Stainless props dont bend so no loss of performance due to flexing. You may notice a clunk when you put your engine into gear, this is normal. The best way to minimize this is to be positive when shifting into gear ie put it straight into gear and not try and eaze it in. The only thing I would dissagree with is the price of stainless props. A new stainless prop for my 150hp was

Duncan I forgot to take my camera to work today and could only sneek a little time of work so didn't get to take any picys but will go to the store on Sunday and snap a few and get details from the VIN type plate for you to look at. Regarding wieght you have to include anything that is carried on the trailer, I'm not sure if you have to include the weight of the trailer as well (Rich can you clarify) But A standard Mariner 50hp 4 stroke engine weighs in at 224lb (102 kilos) 1 gallon (4.55 litres) of fuel is approximately 10lb (4.54kilos) Batteries 1 or 2? Water weights Electrics Anchor, warp and chain plus spare And the list goes on and soon mounts up. You can of course carry a lot of this equipment in you tow vehicle whilst travelling which would help to keep the weight on the trailer down. Martin

Adam Nice one mate glad that we (the forum) sorted your little problem out and that your new shiny bit of metal does the biz. So, will I have to watch you shooting over the horizon or will I be able to keep up with you Just one thing, make sure that when you have the courage to open her right up and trim the engine out that the rpm does not exceed that recommended by Mariner. Martin

Duncan Looked at trailer today it is not braked so would only be good for craft up to 750 kilos loaded. Martin

Each inch of pitch equates to approximately 200 rpm

Most multi roller trailers have a swing beam set of rollers to the rear. If I can make some spare time tomorrow I will take some pictures and post them here Martin

Duncan How much are suitable trailers new I ask as I have seen a trailer at our local force four chandlery shop today (Bournemouth Road, Lower Parkstone) and they wanted 895. It is a single axle suitable for boats up to 6 metres. Iits adjustable and so would do the job. I'm not sure if it was braked or not. It looked new but I dont know for sure if it is or not. If its of interest let me know and I'll make some enquiries, take photos and post em etc, unless your local to Poole of course then you could see it yourself Martin

Glad your back MH missed your regular reports Martin

Unfortunately I dont Rich but I would guess around two/three years ago

Adam With modern engineering tolerances engines should spin freely when they are first fired up and should be performing near their optimum almost straight away. I would reiterate that your engine should be able to run at or near the recommended max revs. if your engine doesn't and you are over-proped you could put excessive strain on your motor causing long term problems with worn out components. The symptoms of over-proping are slow onto the plane, not being able to reach the full rpm, not reaching the max top speed and possibly higher fuel consumption. Your engine also will not develop its full hp until the optimum revs can be achieved. When I got my new engine it did not get to the full revs with the prop supplied. Bearing in mind my engine is a 150hp and after owning boats with 50hp engines it still seemed fast to me. The engine was only achieving around 4800rpm when the book stated it should run at 5600rpm give or take 200 rpm. After going to Warrior and achieving nothing I went to propeller revolutions and Tom there stated that the prop was my problem have one of these, and so I did. Wow chalk and cheese is all I can say to explain the difference. I kept my old prop as a spare and earlier this year I put it on and gave it a go, sure enough slow hole shots and only achieving 4800 rpm Maverick was like a slug. I soon changed back again. If your worried have a word with Tony at select and put your mind at rest or failing that go and see Tom, give him the boats spec, he will calculate the correct size and pitch of prop for you. Fun this boat owning lark isn't it Martin

Good work Paul I remember the boats when they were made by Millenium Marine. If I remember correctly they had a good write up in Sea Angler. Does anyone keep there old issues of Sea Angler, would be interesting to see the test report. Martin

Adam Did you trim your engine out? if you did it sounds to me as though you might be over proped. Take a look at your hand book and it will give you the rpm that your motor should run at flat out. You need to get as close to this as you can for optimum performance and economy. If you cant get near this then have a word with Tony, he should be able to exchange the prop for you. Martin

Rich I will have 2 spools of 30lb if you have some spare Swap money for goods at next meeting? Cheers Martin

Newboy My Warrior came with a three year warranty, that was five years ago and may have changed since then. Martin

I would agree with Mike on all counts. My Warrior has a tendency to porpoise at around 30 knots (not that the weather lets you do this speed very often) but a quick touch of the trim tabs soon fixes it Martin

Porpoising is a term used to describe the bow of a boat continually lifting up and down, a bit like nodding your head. It will probably only happen when the boat reaches a certain speed, usually near the top end for the boat (but not always) When deciding about any purchase you have to ignore detrimental comments made by salesmen about competitors products, its in there interest to sow the seed of doubt. You have to look at the products and judge them on there merits. Test drive all of them if you have to but definately have a good test drive of the boat you intend to purchase, you wouldnt buy a car after driving it around the car park so why a boat. Try and find other owners of the same craft and ask their honest opinion, new owners are not as reliable (still in love) as owners who have had there boat a year or two so look for older boats for judgement. Re delivery dates in my experience they are not usualy reliable. I purchased my boat, was given a delivery date that was put back once and on the day of collection was still being fitted out, but I did get it in the end Martin

Adam Parting with the spondoulies is hard but I'm sure you'll find it was worth it in the end Martin

Welcome back Rich, we wuz a little worried about you mate Martin

Welcome to pbsbac.co.uk Crab Feeder aka Marc. You finally found the best small boat angling forum/club Martin

I also have one of those tubes on my Mariner Optimax, when new I asked Tony from Select Marine what it was and I think he said something about speedo but not 100% on that. Needless to say it aint important Martin

Pete we will find you a space. If there are no spaces on other boats you can squeeze on Maverick Martin

Andy at Poole Sea Angling has said in the past that he will match advertised mail order prices and I would assume that other local tackle dealers would also try to match mail order prices. Martin

Sounds about right to me Cheers Paul Martin