PinHead
26-09-2009, 02:40 PM
Looking around at various boats and started wondering:
Have fibreglass boat manufacturers altered their construction of transoms to accomodate the extra weight of 4 stroke outboards.
A check of the Yamaha site shows that the 200hp 2 stroke weighs 192kg and the 200hp 4 stroke weighs 269kg. That is the equivalent of having a bloke sitting on the transom..and a whopping extra 150kg if using twins.
Have any of the Australian builders altered their designs to compensate for this?
A couple of the overseas builders state that they have yet difficult to find information regarding this on many of the other makes.
Have fibreglass boat manufacturers altered their construction of transoms to accomodate the extra weight of 4 stroke outboards.
A check of the Yamaha site shows that the 200hp 2 stroke weighs 192kg and the 200hp 4 stroke weighs 269kg. That is the equivalent of having a bloke sitting on the transom..and a whopping extra 150kg if using twins.
Have any of the Australian builders altered their designs to compensate for this?
A couple of the overseas builders state that they have yet difficult to find information regarding this on many of the other makes.